PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS Week ending Aug. 27


HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Flash and Bones” by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

2. “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

3. “The Measure of the Magic” by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)

4. “The Omen Machine” by Terry Goodkind (Tor)

5. “Cold Vengeance” by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Grand Central)

6. “Full Black” by Brad Thor (Atria)

7. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)

8. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

9. “Ghost Story” by Jim Butcher (Roc)

10. “Portrait of a Spy” by Daniel Silva (Harper)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “A Stolen Life” by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)

2. “The 17 Day Diet” by Dr. Mike Moreno (Free Press)

3. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

4. “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson (Crown)

5. “Go the F*** to Sleep” by Adam Mansbach, illus. by Ricardo Cortes (Akashic)

6. “After America” by Mark Steyn (Regnery)

7. “The Dukan Diet” by Dr. Pierre Dukan (Crown)

8. “Prime Time” by Jane Fonda (Random House)

9. “The Greater Journey” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)

10. “1493” by Charles C. Mann (Knopf)

MASS MARKET

1. “Wicked Appetite” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s)

2. “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly (Vision)

3. “The Confession” by John Grisham (Dell)

4. “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

5. “A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

TRADE

1. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Berkley)

2. “Heaven Is for Real” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)

3. “One Day” by David Nicholls (Vintage)

4. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway)

5. “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin’s Griffin)

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