NEW YORK, Aug 10 — The Cuckoo’s Calling, the detective novel written by J.K. Rowling under a pseudonym, held on to the top of the US best-sellers list today.
The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Mulholland, $26.00) 1
2. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95) 2
3. First Sight by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $28.00) 3
4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $28.95) 5
5. The English Girl by Daniel Silva (Harper, $27.99) 4
6. Second Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown, $28.00) 6
7. Hidden Order by Brad Thor (Atria, $27.99) 7
8. The Highway by C.J. Box (Minotaur, $25.99) -
9. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow, $25.99) 11
10. Bombshell by Catherine Coulter (Putnam $26.95) 9
Hardcover non-fiction
1. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House, $27.00) 3
2. Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson (Howard Books, $24.99) 1
3. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf, $24.95) 2
4. This Town by Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider Press, $27.95) 4
5. The Duck Commander Family by Willie & Korie Robertson (Howard Books, $23.99) 5
6. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris (Little, Brown, $27.00) 7
7. Life Code by Dr. Phil McGraw (Penguin, $26.00) 6
8. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi (Ten Speed, $35.00) 20
9. Keep It Pithy by Bill O’Reilly (Crown Archetype, $21.99) 12
10. Shirley Jones: A Memoir by Shirley Jones (Gallery Books, $27.00) 14
Week that ended August 4, 2013, powered by Nielsen BookScan (c) 2013 The Nielsen Company. — Reuters
