Best Sellers - The New York Times

Best Sellers - The New York Times

About the Best Sellers

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the May 8, 2011 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending April 23, 2011.

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Rankings reflect weekly sales for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats.

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/overview.html

A useful list - because you can take titles and check them out elsewhere for detailed reviews about their interest to you separate from sales figures. You can RSS it to your RSS feed reader as well.

a sample of the current list----

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. THE SIXTH MAN, by David Baldacci
2. THE LAND OF THE PAINTED CAVES, by Jean M. Auel
3. THE FIFTH WITNESS, by Michael Connelly
4. CHASING FIRE, by Nora Roberts
5. I'LL WALK ALONE, by Mary Higgins Clark

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HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey
2. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand
3. LIBERTY DEFINED, by Ron Paul
4. SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY, selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy
5. I'M OVER ALL THAT, by Shirley MacLaine

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PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen
2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
3. THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, by Jennifer Egan
5. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese

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Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen
2. THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts
3. A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin
4. SOMETHING BORROWED, by Emily Giffin
5. CHASING THE NIGHT, by Iris Johansen

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