Boston Globe Bestsellers: Oct. 17-24
Newcomer "Our Kind of Traitor" tops the hardcover fiction list.
"At Home" is the best hardcover nonfiction seller.
"Cutting for Stone" earns the top spot in paperback fiction.
"Eat, Pray, Love" is still the best seller in paperback nonfiction.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. Our Kind of Traitor
By John le Carré. Viking.
2. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
4. Nemesis
By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin.
5. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
By David Sedaris. Little, Brown.
6. Fall of Giants (tie)
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
6. The Lost Hero
By Rick Riordan. Hyperion.
6. World and Town
By Gish Jen. Knopf.
9. To the End of the Land
By David Grossman. Knopf.
10. Great House
By Nicole Krauss. W. W. Norton.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. At Home
By Bill Bryson. Doubleday.
2. The Last Boy
By Jane Leavy. Harper.
3. Obama’s Wars
By Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster.
4. Earth (The Book)
By Jon Stewart. Grand Central.
5. You Already Know How to be Great
By Alan Fine and Rebecca R. Merrill. Portfolio.
6. Conversations With Myself
By Nelson Mandela. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
7. [expletive] Finish First
By Tucker Max. Gallery.
8. Patti Lupone (tie)
By Patti Lupone. Crown Archetype.
8. The Tiger
By John Vaillant. Knopf.
10. Flour
By Joanne Chang and Christie Matheson. Chronicle.
Paperback Fiction
1. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
2. The Girl who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
3. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
4. Tinkers (tie)
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
4. The Finkler Question
By Howard Jacobson. Bloomsbury.
6. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
8. Half Broke Horses
By Jeannette Walls. Scribner.
9. The Alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. HarperCollins.
10. Wolf Hall
By Hilary Mantel. Picador.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
2. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
3. The Accidental Billionaires
By Ben Mezrich. Anchor.
4. The End of Overeating
By David Kessler. Rodale.
5. Inside of a Dog
By Alexandra Horowitz. Scribner.
6. Liar’s Poker
By Michael Lewis. W. W. Norton.
7. What to Expect when You’re Expecting
Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. Workman.
8. Lords of Finance
By Liaquat Ahamed. Penguin.
9. The Best Buddhist Writing 2010 (tie)
Edited by Melvin McLeod. Shambhala.
9. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
By Jennifer 8 Lee. Twelve.
Source: Boston area bookstores
