New York Times Bestsellers

Top-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.

August 14, 2012 at 7:54PM

FICTION

1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown, $25.) A woman disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary; is her husband a killer?

2. WHERE WE BELONG, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) A woman's successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18-year-old woman with a link to her past.

3. FRIENDS FOREVER, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.) Three boys and two girls who meet in kindergarten maintain their bonds as they grow to adulthood.

4. BLACK LIST, by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $27.99.) If counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath can discover who targeted him for death, he can prevent a terrorist attack.

5. THE FALLEN ANGEL, by Daniel Silva. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, discovers a global criminal enterprise behind a murder at the Vatican.

6. BROKEN HARBOR, by Tana French. (Viking, $27.95.) In French's fourth Dublin murder squad novel, a detective's investigation of a crime in a seaside town evokes memories of his disturbing childhood there.

7. I, MICHAEL BENNETT, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A New York detective takes refuge with his 10 children in an Upstate New York cabin.

8. SHADOW OF NIGHT, by Deborah Harkness. (Viking, $28.95.) An Oxford scholar/witch and a vampire geneticist pursue history, secrets and each other in Elizabethan London.

9. CREOLE BELLE, by James Lee Burke. (Simon & Schuster, $27.99.) Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux hunts for a missing Cajun singer.

10(x). A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam, $35.) After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

NONFICTION

1. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf, $25.95.) A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

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. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

4. THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein. (Regnery, $27.95.) A journalist argues that President Obama is unable to lead.

5. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the visionary entrepreneur, who died in 2011.

6. THE CORRUPTION CHRONICLES, by Tom Fitton. (Threshold Editions, $26.99.) The president of Judicial Watch makes the case that the federal government is out of control and that the Obama administration is corrupt and duplicitous. (b)

7. DREAM TEAM, by Jack McCallum. (Ballantine, $28.) The 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.

8. DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. (Nation Books, $28.) A tour of America's "sacrifice zones," its most exploited rural and urban areas, by an investigative reporter and a cartoonist.

9. BAILOUT, by Neil Barofsky. (Free Press, $26.) The former official in charge of oversight of the bailout fund argues that the Treasury Department worked with Wall Street firms to increase their profits at the public's expense.

10. THE PRESIDENTS CLUB, by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. (Simon & Schuster, $32.50.) Two journalists examine the relationships between presidents and their predecessors.

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. WHEAT BELLY, by William Davis. (Rodale, $25.99.) An examination of wheat in modern diets and an argument for its elimination.

2. THE SKINNY RULES, by Bob Harper with Greg Critser. (Ballantine, $26.) The star of "The Biggest Loser" lays out "principles for getting to thin."

3(x). THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)

4. SPY THE LIE, by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero with Don Tennant. (St. Martin's, $24.99.) Three former CIA officers share their techniques for uncovering a lie.

5. ONE THOUSAND GIFTS, by Ann Voskamp. (Zondervan, $16.99.) On living a life of joy.

Rankings reflect sales for the week that ended July 28 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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