National bestsellers
Top-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.
The New York Times
July 5, 2011 at 6:36PM
1. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep. (Putnam, $28.95.) Maxwell Moore pursues the terrorists who killed his CIA colleagues in a bomb attack in Pakistan.
2. ONE SUMMER, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $25.99.) As Christmas nears, a terminally ill man is preparing his family for his death when another tragedy strikes.
3. STATE OF WONDER, by Ann Patchett. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) In the Amazon basin, a medical researcher searches for her former mentor, a despotic scientist who is developing a miracle fertility drug.
4. FOLLY BEACH, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) A widow returns to her childhood home in South Carolina and finds love and a literary puzzle.
5. CARTE BLANCHE, by Jeffery Deaver. (Simon & Schuster, $26.99.) A young James Bond, on a global mission for a unit of British security, must foil a plot to kill thousands of citizens.
6. THE KINGDOM, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, $27.95.) Sam and Remi Fargo, a husband and wife treasure-hunting team, travel to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India and China, in an adventure involving missing persons, black-market fossils and the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang.
7. SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING, by Ann Brashares. (Random House, $25.) The friends from the Traveling Pants series, now in their late 20s, plan a reunion in Greece.
8. HIT LIST, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Berkley, $27.95.) The Mother of All Darkness stalks the vampire hunter Anita Blake, who is pursuing a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.
9. 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.
10. DEAD RECKONING, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $27.95.) Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse seeks the culprit in a firebombing.
11 (x). THE JEFFERSON KEY, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $26.) Former government operative Cotton Malone thwarts an assassination attempt on the president and finds himself at dangerous odds with a secret society.
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. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
3. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $26.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party concentrates on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
4. DEMONIC, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $28.99.) The columnist compares the Democratic Party to a mob.
5. 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 training and missions, including the battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
6. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $26.99.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock."
7. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Denver Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.
8. THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN, by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An oral history of ESPN.
9. LIES THAT CHELSEA HANDLER TOLD ME, by Chelsea Handler, Glen Handler, Roy Handler and others. (Grand Central, $24.99.) Handler's friends, family and colleagues write about being victims of her practical jokes.
10 (x). DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU?, by Steven Tyler with David Dalton. (Ecco, $27.99.) The singer recounts the meteoric rise, fall and rise of Aerosmith over the past three decades.
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 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)
3. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major role.
4. GUY FIERI FOOD, by Guy Fieri. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) Stories and recipes showing how the Food Network star got where he is today.
5. THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, $27.) A diet and fitness book from the author of "The 4-Hour Workweek."
Rankings reflect sales, for the week that ended June 18, 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.
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