Boston Globe Bestsellers: Dec. 19-26
Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" topped the hardcover fiction list.
"Cleopatra" continues its strong showing with another victory on the hardcover nonfiction list.
"Cutting for Stone" is the top paperback fiction seller.
"Inside of a Dog," which has been consistently sparring with Patti Smith's "Just Kids," prevailed this week in the battle for the best-selling spot in paperback nonfiction.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
2. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
By David Sedaris. Little, Brown.
3. The New Yorker Stories
By Ann Beattie. Scribner.
4. An Object of Beauty
By Steve Martin. Grand Central.
5. Moonlight Mile
By Dennis Lehane. William Morrow.
6. Room
By Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown.
7. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
9. The Confession (tie)
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
9. Lord of Misrule
By Jaimy Gordon. McPherson.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Cleopatra
By Stacy Schiff. Little, Brown.
2. Life
By Keith Richards. Little, Brown.
3. Unbroken
By Laura Hillenbrand. Random House.
4. Earth (The Book)
By Jon Stewart. Grand Central.
5. The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
By Mark Twain. University of California.
6. Flour
By Joanne Chang. Chronicle.
7. I Remember Nothing
By Nora Ephron. Knopf.
8. Decision Points (tie)
By George W. Bush. Crown.
8. The Emperor of all Maladies
By Siddhartha Mukherjee. Scribner.
10. The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
Paperback Fiction
1. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
2. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
4. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
5. The Best American Short Stories 2010
Edited by Richard Russo. Mariner.
6. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand (tie)
By Helen Simonson. Random House.
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein. Harper.
8. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
9. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
10. The Finkler Question
By Howard Jacobson. Bloomsbury.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Inside of a Dog
By Alexandra Horowitz. Scribner.
2. Just Kids
By Patti Smith. Ecco.
3. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
4. The Cello Suites
By Eric Siblin. Grove.
5. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
6. What the Dog Saw
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
7. The Book of Basketball
By Bill Simmons. ESPN.
8. Where Men Win Glory
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
9. The Accidental Billionaires
By Ben Mezrich. Anchor.
10. Stones into Schools
By Greg Mortenson. Penguin.
Source: Boston area bookstores.
