The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Hardcover Fiction Last Week

1. "Winter of the World" by Ken - (Follett Dutton, $36.00)

2. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child 1 (Delacorte, $28.00)

3. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom 2 (Hyperion, $24.99)

4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 5 (Crown, $25.00)

5. "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown - (Grand Central, $26.99)

6. "Zoo" by James Patterson/ Michael 4 Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99)

7. "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods - (Putnam, $26.95)

8. "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb 3 (Putnam, $27.95)

9. "The Tombs" by Clive Cussler 6 (Putnam, $27.95)

10. "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael 7 Chabon (Harper, $27.99)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen 1 (Dutton, $26.95)

2. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by - Joel Osteen (FaithWords, $21.99)

3. "The Price of Politics" by Bob 2 Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $30.00)

4. "Guinness World Records 2013" 4 (Guinness World Records)

5. "Divine Healing Hands" by Zhi Gang 3 Sha (Atria, $29.95)

6. "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" by Salman - Rushdie (Random House, $30.00)

7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & 7 Martin Dugard (Holt, $28.00)

8. "The Oath: The Obama White House" by - Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, $28.95)

9. "Free Market Revolution" by Brook/ - Watkins (Palgrave Macmillan, $27.00)

10. "Obama's America" by Dinesh D'Souza 5 (Regnery, $ 27.95)

Week ending Sept 23, 2012, powered by Nielsen BookScan (c) 2012 The Nielsen Company.

(Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy)

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