Sunday, December 8, 2013

Best Sellers

August 29, 2010

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Inside the List

Jonathan Franzen’s long-awaited novel “Freedom” is almost certain to make the best-seller list, so let’s just get our coverage out of the way now.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

This Week    Last Week Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Weeks
on List
1 1 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress. 22
2 2 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect. 21
3 7 SMASH CUT, by Sandra Brown. (Pocket, $9.99.) A publicity-seeking lawyer tries to get to the bottom of who murdered a wealthy executive. 4
4 3 CHARLIE ST. CLOUD, by Ben Sherwood. (Bantam, $7.99.) Years after a man survives a car crash that kills his brother, their bond endures; originally published as "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud." 7
5 6 WATER BOUND, by Christine Feehan. (Jove, $7.99.) A diver rescues a drowning man who has no memory of who he is or why he has the instincts of a trained killer. 3
6 4 THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand Central, $9.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings. 3
7 5 NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Vision, $9.99.) The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong. 5
8 8 THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq. 7
9 10 WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Signet, $9.99.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth.” 3
10 RUNNING SCARED, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra/Kensington, $7.99.) A mother lives in fear that someone will discover that her 15-year-old son is not hers. 2
11 15 FANTASY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a video game creator; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. 3
12 ORCHARD VALLEY BRIDES, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99.) A reissue of two novels, "Norah" and "Lone Star Lovin’." 2
13 11 PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. (Signet, $7.99.) Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a 12th-century cathedral. 24
14 * 17 DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $7.99.) Sookie Stackhouse seeks the killer of a werepanther. 17
15 12 THE PARIS VENDETTA, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone searches for Napoleon’s lost treasure. 3
16 9 DAYS OF GOLD, by Jude Deveraux. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A rugged Scotsman helps an heiress reclaim her inheritance; the second book in the Edilean series. 3
17 14 FIRE AND ICE, by J. A. Jance. (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99.) The Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont’s pursuit of a murderer leads him back to Cochise County, Ariz., and Sheriff Joanna Brady. 2
18 18 THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. (Signet, $9.99.) Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, tries to rescue a Russian defector. 6
19 FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $8.99.) The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks a celebrity chef’s killer. 6
20 * THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A 17-year-old spends the summer with her father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love. 22

Also Selling

  1. ATLANTIS CODE, Charles Brokaw (Forge)
  2. INFAMOUS, by Suzanne Brockmann (Ballantine)
  3. DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
  4. KISS ME IF YOU CAN, by Carly Phillips (HQN)
  5. THE NEIGHBOR, by Lisa Gardner (Bantam)
  6. CHAPTER AND HEARSE, by Lorna Barrett (Berkley)
  7. MURDER PAST DUE, by Miranda James (Berkley)
  8. A KISS AT MIDNIGHT, by Eloisa James (Avon/HarperCollins)
  9. GHOST NIGHT, by Heather Graham (Mira)
  10. BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts (Jove)
  11. KNOCKOUT, by Catherine Coulter (Jove)
  12. THE BOURNE DECEPTION, by Eric Van Lustbader (Vision)
  13. HARDBALL, by Sara Paretsky (Signet Select)
  14. HEAT WAVE, by Richard Castle (Hyperion)
  15. ETERNAL KISS OF DARKNESS, by Jeaniene Frost (Avon/HarperCollins)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the August 29, 2010 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 15, 2010.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.
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