Boston Globe bestsellers Dec. 26-Jan. 2
David Sedaris leads the hardcover fiction list with "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,'' replacing Jonathan Franzen's ''Freedom.''
"Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff still reigns in hardcover nonfiction.
"Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese stays on top of the paperback fiction list.
Patti Smith's "Just Kids" replaces Alexandra Horowitz's "Inside of a Dog" in paperback nonfiction.
For the full lists, see below.
Hardcover fiction
1. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
By David Sedaris. Little, Brown.
2. Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
3. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
4. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
5. Moonlight Mile
By Dennis Lehane. William Morrow.
6. Luka and the Fire of Life
By Salman Rushdie. Random House.
7. The Confession
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
8. An Object of Beauty
By Steve Martin. Grand Central.
9. Room (tie)
By Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown.
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
By Jeff Kinney. Amulet.
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. Decision Points
By George W. Bush. Crown.
7. The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson. Random House.
8. I Remember Nothing (tie)
By Nora Ephron. Knopf.
8. Decoded
By Jay-Z. Spiegel & Grau.
8. At Home
By Bill Bryson. Doubleday.
Paperback fiction
1. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
2. Little Bee
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
3. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
4. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
By Helen Simonson. Random House.
5. The Best American Short Stories 2010
Edited by Richard Russo. Mariner.
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
7. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein. Harper.
9. House Rules
By Jodi Picoult. Washington Square.
10. The Girl who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
Paperback nonfiction
1. Just Kids
By Patti Smith. Ecco.
2. What the Dog Saw
By Malcolm Gladwell. Back Bay.
3. The Book of Basketball
By Bill Simmons. ESPN.
4. Inside of a Dog
By Alexandra Horowitz. Scribner.
5. Where Men Win Glory
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
6. Eat, Pray, Love (tie)
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
6. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
8. 100 Things Celtics Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
By Donald Hubbard. Triumph.
9. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2011 (tie)
By Old Farmer’s Almanac. OFA.
9. Freakonomics
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Harper Perennial.
Source: Boston-area bookstores
