Boston Globe Bestsellers: Oct.31-Nov. 7
"The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" returned to the top of the hardcover fiction list.
"Life," by Keith Richards, debuted as the best hardcover nonfiction seller.
"The Finkler Question" made the top spot in paperback fiction.
"Stones into Schools" replaced "Eat, Pray, Love," as the best paperback nonfiction seller.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
2. Confession
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
3. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
4. Great House
By Nicole Krauss. W.W. Norton.
5. Worth Dying For
By Lee Child. Delacorte.
6. Our Kind of Traitor (tie)
By John le Carré. Viking.
6. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
By David Sedaris. Little, Brown.
9. The Mischief of the Mistletoe
By Lauren Willig. Dutton.
10. The Lost Hero
By Rick Riordan. Hyperion.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Life
By Keith Richards. Little, Brown.
2. At Home
By Bill Bryson. Doubleday.
3. The Mind’s Eye
By Oliver Sacks. Knopf.
4. Earth (The Book)
By Jon Stewart. Grand Central.
5. Barefoot Contessa How Easy is That
By Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter.
6. The Last Boy
By Jane Leavy. Harper.
7. The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
By Mark Twain. University of California.
8. Obama’s Wars (tie)
By Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster.
8. The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
10. The Power
By Rhonda Byrne. Atria.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Finkler Question
By Howard Jacobson. Bloomsbury.
2. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
3. The Girl who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
4. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
5. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
7. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
8. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
9. Sarah’s Key
By Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin’s.
10. The Best American Short Stories 2010
Edited by Richard Russo. Mariner.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Stones into Schools
By Greg Mortenson. Penguin.
2. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
3. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
4. What Color Is Your Parachute 2011
By Richard Nelson Bolles. Ten Speed.
5. Liar’s Poker
By Michael Lewis. W. W. Norton.
6. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2011
By Old Farmer’s Almanac. OFA.
7. Too Big to Fail (tie)
By Andrew Ross Sorkin. Penguin.
7. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
9. The Accidental Billionaires (tie)
By Ben Mezrich. Anchor.
9. The Best American Essays 2010
Edited by Christopher Hitchens. Mariner.
Source: Boston area bookstores.
