Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese
2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
4. That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo, Knopf
5. The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, Touchstone
6. Inherent Vice, by Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press
7. Alex Cross's Trial, by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown
8. The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, Viking
9. Even Money, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam
10. 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs, Scribner
11. The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday
12. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, Random House
13. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley, Delacorte
14. Await Your Reply, by Dan Chaon, Ballantine
15. Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, Atria
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, McSweeney's
2. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
3. Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder, Random House
4. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, by Julia Child, et al., Knopf
5. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Knopf
6. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, by T.R. Reid, Penguin Press
7. In the President's Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler, Crown8. The Wilderness Warrior, by Douglas Brinkley, Harper
9. Culture of Corruption, by Michelle Malkin, Regnery
10. The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright, Little Brown
11. Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, by Frank Bruni, Penguin Press
12. The End of Overeating, by David A. Kessler, Rodale
13. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, Hyperion
14. Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin
15. Last Lion, by Peter Canellos, Simon & Schuster
ON THE RISE:
If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?, by John Mitchinson, John Lloyd, Harmony
The very funny latest by the authors of "The Book of General Ignorance"
* Published Thursday, September 3, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 30, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.