NEW YORK, July 25 — The Book of Life, the final novel of the time-traveling trilogy written by Deborah Harkness, shot straight to the top of the U.S. bestsellers list on Thursday.
Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States is used to compile the list.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
1. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (Viking, $28.95)
2. The Heist by Daniel Silva (Harper, $27.99)
3. Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown, $28.00) 2
4. Act of War by Brad Thor (Atria, $27.99) 1
5. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $28.00) 3
6. Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $26.95)
7. Power Play by Catherine Coulter (Putnam, $26.95) 4
8. Mr Mercedes by Stephen King (Scribner, $30.00) 6
9. California by Edan Lepucki (Little, Brown, $26.00) 20
10. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (LB/Mulholland, $28.00) 5
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. America by Dinesh D'Souza (Regnery, $29.99) 1
2. Blood Feud by Edward Klein (Regnery, $27.99) 2
3. One Nation by Ben Carson (Penguin/Sentinel, $25.95) 4
4. The Mockingbird Next Door by Marja Mills (Penguin, $27.95)
5. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster, $35.00) 3
6. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow (Random/Golden Books, $9.99) 5
7. Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow, $28.99) 8
8. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $29.00) 7
9. Instinct by T.D. Jakes (FaithWords, $25.00) 9
10. The Family of Jesus by Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books, $19.99) 10
Week ended July 20, 2014, powered by Nielsen BookScan © 2014 The Nielsen Company. — Reuters
