Boston Globe Bestsellers: August 30-September 5
"The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is again the top hardcover fiction seller.
Gail Caldwell's "Let's Take the Long Way Home" has recovered from a sharp drop in standing to again occupy the top hardcover nonfiction spot.
"The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl who Played With Fire" are tied at the top of the paperback fiction list.
"Eat, Pray, Love" retains its position as the top paperback nonfiction seller.
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Hardcover Fiction
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson. Knopf.
2. Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
3. The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.
4. Catching Fire (tie)
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
4. The Cookbook Collector
By Allegra Goodman. Dial.
6. Three Stations (tie)
By Martin Cruz Smith. Simon & Schuster.
6. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
By David Mitchell. Random House.
8. Star Island
By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
9. Super Sad True Love Story
By Gary Shteyngart. Random House.
10. Comedy in a Minor Key
By Hans Keilson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Let’s Take the Long Way Home
By Gail Caldwell. Random House.
2. The Big Short
By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton.
3. The Power (tie)
By Rhonda Byrne. Atria.
3. The Disappearing Spoon
By Sam Kean. Little, Brown.
5. Sh*t My Dad Says
By Justin Halpern. It.
6. Born to Run (tie)
Christopher McDougall. Knopf.
6. Medium Raw
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
8. Crimes Against Liberty
By David Limbaugh. Regnery.
9. The 4-Hour Work Week (tie)
By Timothy Ferriss. Crown Archetype.
9. Women Food and God
By Geneen Roth. Scribner.
Paperback Fiction
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (tie)
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
1. The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson. Vintage.
3. Little Bee (tie)
By Chris Cleave. Simon & Schuster.
3. Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese. Vintage.
5. Tinkers
By Paul Harding. Bellevue.
6. A Gate at the Stairs
By Lorrie Moore. Vintage.
7. The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.
8. The Lacuna
By Barbara Kingsolver. Harper Perennial.
9. One Day
By David Nicholls. Vintage.
10. Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann. Random House.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin.
2. Where Men Win Glory
By Jon Krakauer. Anchor.
3. Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers. Vintage.
4. Lit
By Mary Karr. Harper Perennial.
5. Three Cups of Tea
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Penguin.
6. Freakonomics
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Harper Perennial.
7. Guns, Germs, and Steel
By Jared Diamond. W.W. Norton.
8. Kitchen Confidential
By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco.
9. First Crossing (tie)
By Donald R. Gallo. Candlewick.
9. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
By Rhoda Janzen. Holt.
Source: Boston Area Bookstores
