Fiction Bestsellers
Fiction Bestsellers


1. "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris

2. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King

3. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci

4. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham

5. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts

6. "Robert B. Parker's Lullaby" by Ace Atkins

7. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson and David Ellis

8. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark

9. "Unnatural Acts" by Stuart Woods

10."The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani


Nonfiction Bestsellers


1. "The Passage of Power" by Robert A. Caro

2. "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman with Alan Light

3. "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake" by Anna Quindlen

4. "Prague Winter" by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward

5. "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg

6. "Drift" by Rachel Maddow

7. "Imagine" by Jonah Lehrer

8. "The Presidents Club" by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

9. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

10. "Manhunt" by Peter L. Bergen


Last Updated:
May 20, 2012

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