FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 9/15

by David Wroblewski

2. The Other Queen -/1

Philippa Gregory

3. Faefever -/1

by Karen Marie Moning

4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -/1

by Stieg Larsson

5. Guernsey Literary and Potato 3/8

Peel Pie Society,

by Mary Ann Shaffer

and Annie Barrows

6. The Book of Lies 2/3

by Brad Meltzer

7. The Host 7/6

by Stephenie Meyer

8. Anathem 1/2

by Neal Stephenson

9. American Wife 4/3

by Curtis Sittenfeld

10. Indignation -/1

by Philip Roth

NONFICTION

1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 1/2

by Thomas L. Friedman

2. The War Within 2/2

by Bob Woodward

3. The Limits of Power 6/6

by Andrew Bacevich

4. Angler -/1

by Barton Gellman

5. Through the Storm -/1

by Lynne Spears

with Lorilee Craker

6. Story Telling 3/17

by Tori Spelling, with Hilary Liftin

7. Boys Will Be Boys -/1

by Jeff Pearlman

8. Are you There, Vodka? 4/22

It's Me, Chelsea,

by Chelsea Handler

9. The Forever War -/1

by Dexter Filkins

10. Fleeced 8/113

by Dick Morris and Eilee McGann

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Last Lecture 1/24

by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow

2. Breakthrough 2/2

by Suzanne Somers

3. The Secret 3/89

by Rhonda Byrne

4. Guinness World Records 2009 -/1

edited by Craig Glenday

5. Real Life -/1

by Phil McGraw

6. Six Disciplines 6/5

Execution Revolution,

by Gary Harps

7. Chef MD's Big Book of 7/1

Culinary Medicine,

by John La Puma

and Rebecca Powell Marx

8. Before You Do 8/1

by T.D. Jakes

9. The 4-Hour Workweek 9/43

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by Timothy Ferriss

10. The Truth About Cheating 10/2

by M. Gary Neuman

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 20 at almost 4,000 bookstores, plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide.

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