Boston Globe Bestsellers: Nov.28-Dec. 5
"Moonlight Mile" is the top hardcover fiction seller.
"Life" topped the hardcover nonfiction list.
"Cutting for Stone" was the best paperback fiction seller.
"Just Kids" prevailed in paperback nonfiction.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. Moonlight Mile
By Dennis Lehane. William Morrow.
2. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
3. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
By David Sedaris. Little, Brown.
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (tie)
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
4. Confession
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
6. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (tie)
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
6. An Object of Beauty
By Steve Martin. Grand Central.
8. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
9. Luka and the Fire of Life (tie)
By Salman Rushdie. Random House.
9. Cross Fire
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Life
By Keith Richards. Little, Brown.
2. Cleopatra
By Stacy Schiff. Little, Brown.
3. Unbroken (tie)
By Laura Hillenbrand. Random House.
3. Flour
By Joanne Chang. Chronicle.
5. The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
By Mark Twain. University of California.
6. Barefoot Contessa How Easy is That?
By Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter.
7. Decision Points
By George W. Bush. Crown.
8. Decoded (tie)
By Jay-Z. Spiegel & Grau.
8. At Home
By Bill Bryson. Doubleday.
10. I Remember Nothing
By Nora Ephron. Knopf.
Paperback Fiction
1. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
2. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
3. The Finkler Question
By Howard Jacobson. Bloomsbury.
4. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
6. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
7. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein. Harper.
9. Wolf Hall
By Hilary Mantel. Picador.
10. The Lacuna
By Barbara Kingsolver. Harper Perennial.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Just Kids
By Patti Smith. Ecco.
2. Inside of a Dog
By Alexandra Horowitz. Scribner.
3. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
4. Where Men Win Glory
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
5. Stones into Schools (tie)
By Greg Mortenson. Penguin.
5. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
By Rhoda Janzen. Holt.
7. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
8. The Imperial Cruise (tie)
By James Bradley. Back Bay.
8. The Cello Suites
By Eric Siblin. Atlantic.
10. Holidays on Ice
By David Sedaris. Back Bay.
Source: Boston Area Bookstores.







