NEW YORK, Oct 28 — Nicholas Sparks’ romance novel Two by Two kept its hold on the top spot of the US fiction best-sellers’ list for a third week yesterday.

Data released by independent, online and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States was used to compile the list.

Hardcover Fiction

1. Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, US$27)

2. Escape Clause by John Sandford (Putnam, US$29)

3. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine, US$28.99)

4. Order to Kill by Flynn/Mills (Atria/Bestler, US$28.99)

5. The Obsidian Chamber by Preston/Child (Grand Central, US$28)

6. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (Harper, US$27.99)

7. Home by Harlan Coben (Dutton, US$28)

8. Woman of God by Patterson/Paetro (Little, Brown, US$28)

9. Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine, US$20)

10. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (Scout, US$26). — Reuters