NEW YORK, Sept 28, 2013 — The Longest Ride, the newly published book by Nicholas Sparks, bumped Sue Grafton’s mystery novel, W is for Wasted, off the top spot on the US best-sellers fiction list today, pushing it into third place. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

2. Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb

3. W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

4. Never Go Back by Lee Child

5. The Quest by Nelson DeMille

6. The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter

7. Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

8. Deadly Heat by Richard Castle

9. The Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler/ Thomas Perry

10. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

Hardcover Non-Fiction

1. Si-Cology 1 by Si Robertson

2. Guinness World Records 2014

3. Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal

4. Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson

5. The Liberty Amendments by Mark R. Levin

6. Zealot by Reza Aslan

7. Grand Theft Auto V Ltd. Ed. Strategy Guide by Tim Bogenn/ Rick Barba

8. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

9. Grain Brain by David Perlmutter

10. The Duck Commander Family by Willie & Korie Robertson — Reuters