National bestsellers
Top-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.
June 21, 2011 at 6:42PM
1. DREAMS OF JOY, by Lisa See. (Random House, $26.) A young woman angry at her mother and aunt over family secrets runs away to Shanghai in search of her birth father.
2. DEAD RECKONING, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $27.95.) Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse seeks the culprit in a firebombing.
3. 10TH ANNIVERSARY, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club race to find a missing baby.
4. BURIED PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) Minneapolis Detective Lucas Davenport investigates the murders of two girls who were kidnapped in 1985 and whose bodies have just been found.
5. THE JEFFERSON KEY, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $26.) Former government operative Cotton Malone foils an assassination attempt on the president and finds himself at dangerous odds with a secret society.
6. THE SIXTH MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.
7. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) In the third volume of the Millennium trilogy, Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist confront a governmental adversary.
8. THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, by Jean M. Auel. (Crown, $30.) The latest volume in a series that began with "The Clan of the Cave Bear," set during the Ice Age.
9. KISS OF SNOW, by Nalini Singh. (Berkley, $25.95.) A paranormal romance about the SnowDancer alpha, Hawke, and the young psy, Sienna; a Psy-Changeling novel.
10. TRADER OF SECRETS, by Steve Martini. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Lawyer Paul Madriani pursues an assassin and two missing NASA scientists holding secrets.
NONFICTION
1. THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster, $37.50.) The historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.
2. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $26.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party concentrates on William E. Dodd, who became U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
3. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
4. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $26.99.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock."
5. THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN, by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An oral history of the sports network ESPN.
6. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course, from his career at the University of Florida to his rookie season in Denver.
7. LIES THAT CHELSEA HANDLER TOLD ME, by Chelsea Handler, Glen Handler, Roy Handler and others. (Grand Central, $24.99.) Handler's friends, family members and colleagues write about being victims of her practical jokes.
8. DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU?, by Steven Tyler with David Dalton. (Ecco, $27.99.) The singer and showman recounts the rise, fall and rise of Aerosmith.
9. SEAL TEAM SIX, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. (St. Martin's, $26.99.) An expert sniper and former member of the Navy SEALs recounts his military training and missions, including the battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
10. AREA 51, by Annie Jacobsen. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An account of the mysterious military installation, which the author contends is the home of secret espionage programs, not extraterrestrials.
ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. GO THE ---- TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. (Akashic Books, $14.95.) A children's book parody for tired parents.
2. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major role.
3. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)
4. THE CARB LOVERS DIET, by Ellen Kunes and Frances Largeman-Roth. (Oxmoor, $24.95.) A weight-loss program with favorites like bread, pasta and potatoes.
5. TOUCHPOINTS, by Douglas R. Conant and Mette Norgaard. (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, $26.95.) Creating leadership connections in the smallest moments. (b)
6(x). LOVE WINS, by Rob Bell. (HarperOne/HarperCollins, $22.99.) A pastor gives his views on understanding heaven, hell and salvation. (b)
Rankings reflect sales for the week that ended June 4 at thousands of venues nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
