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Fiction & Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers

Fiction

1 1 FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi.
1 2 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
1 3 KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
 
  4 THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Book 12 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
 
1 5 THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver. A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and Leon Trotsky; later, in the United States, he is menaced by ­McCarthyism.
 
1 6 TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci. An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.
 
1 7 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi
1 8 PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
1 9 THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
10 10 LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving. A loggers’ cook and his son are on the run from the law, for decades.

 

NonFiction

 

1 1 HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
 
1 2 SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
1 3 WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. A decade of New Yorker essays.
1 4 ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. Making the case against big government.
1 5 THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, by Bill Simmons. ESPN.com’s Sports Guy crunches big questions in N.B.A. history.
1 6 THE AUDACITY TO WIN, by David Plouffe. Obama’s presidential campaign, by the man who managed it.
  7 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity — from the author of “Blink."
 
1 8 THE SELLOUT, by Charles Gasparino. How Wall Street’s love affair with risk (and enormous profits) and government mismanagement caused the global economy to implode.
1 9 TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.
1 10 WHEN THE GAME WAS OURS, by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson with Jackie MacMullan. Two great basketball players discuss their careers, their long rivalry and their eventual friendship.

 

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