SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST-SELLERS,
Sept. 8
HARDCOVER
FICTION Bay Area
1. THE CUCKOO’S CALLING Robert Galbraith (Mulholland; $26) 2. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead; $28.95) 3. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #9*
Louise Penny (Minotaur Books; $25.99)
4. GONE GIRL
Gillian Flynn (Crown; $25)
5. NIGHT FILM
Marisha Pessl (Random House; $28)
6. INFERNO
Dan Brown (Doubleday; $29.95)
7. THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE
Neil Gaiman (Morrow; $25.99) 8. LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH
David Rakoff (Doubleday; $26.95)
9. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
George R.R. Martin (Bantam; $35)
10. THE GOOD LORD BIRD
James McBride (Riverhead; $27.95)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Reza Aslan (Random House; $27) 2. THIS TOWN: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider; $27.95) 3. COOL GRAY CITY OF LOVE: 49 Views of San Francisco
Gary Kamiya (Bloomsbury; $27) 4. THE TRAUMA OF EVERYDAY LIFE: A Guide to Inner Peace *
Mark Epstein (Penguin Press; $25.95) 5. LEAN IN: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf; $24.95)
6. LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS
David Sedaris (Little, Brown; $27)
7. I COULD PEE ON THIS
Francesco Marciuliano (Chronicle; $12.95) 8. LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Scott Anderson (Doubleday; $28.95)
9. GRUMPY CAT: A Grumpy Book
Grumpy Cat (Chronicle; $12.95)
10. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS
Ian Doescher (Quirk; $14.95)
FICTION National
1. THE CUCKOO’S CALLING Robert Galbraith (Mulholland; $26)
2. INFERNO Dan Brown (Doubleday; $29.95)
3. MISTRESS James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown; $28)
4. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED
Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead; $28.95)
5. THE THIRD KINGDOM * Terry Goodkind (Tor/Tom Doherty; $29.99)
6. NIGHT FILM
Marisha Pessl (Random House; $28)
7. THE BONE SEASON *
Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury; $24)
8. GONE GIRL
Gillian Flynn (Crown; $25)
9. THE KILL LIST *
Frederick Forsyth (Putnam; $27.95)
10. THE HUSBAND’S SECRET Liane Moriarty (Amy Einhorn/Putnam; $25.95)
NONFICTION National
1. AMENDMENTS: the Mark THE American R. LIBERTY Levin Republic* Restoring (Threshold $26.99) Editions; 2. Times ZEALOT: of Jesus The of Life Nazareth and Reza (Random Aslan House; $27)
3. Sheryl LEAN Sandberg IN: Women, (Knopf; Work, and $24.95) the Will to Lead 4. and HAPPY, Legacy HAPPY, as the HAPPY: Duck Commander My Life Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach (Howard; $24.99)
5. EXPOSED: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias * Jane Velez-Mitchell (Morrow/HarperCollins; $25.99) 6. LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Scott Anderson (Doubleday; $28.95) 7. THIS TOWN: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital
Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider; $27.95) 8. INFILTRATED: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who Are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes
Jay W. Richards (McGraw-Hill Education; $25) 9. UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand (Random House; $28)
10.LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS
David Sedaris (Little, Brown; $27)
PAPERBACK
FICTION Bay Area
1. BEAUTIFUL RUINS Jess Walter (Harper Perennial; $15.99) 2. BERNADETTE WHERE’D YOU GO, Maria Semple (Back Bay/Little, Brown; $14.99) 3. THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON
Adam Johnson (Random House; $15)
4. J.K. THE Rowling CASUAL (Little, VACANCY Brown; $18)
5. Dave A HOLOGRAM Eggers (Vintage; FOR THE $15.95) KING
6. (Harper FLIGHT Perennial; BEHAVIORBarbara $16.99) Kingsolver
7. Alice DEAR Munro LIFE (Vintage; $15.95)
8. SWEET TOOTH
Ian McEwan (Anchor; $15.95)
9. THE ART FORGER *
B.A. Shapiro (Algonquin; $14.95)
10. THE SILENT WIFE
A.S.A. Harrison (Penguin; $16)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. WILD: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl (Vintage; Strayed $15.95) 2. BLACK: ORANGE My Year IS THE in NEW a Women’s Prison Piper Kerman (Spiegel & Grau; $16)
3. QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain (Broadway; $16) 4. PROOF OF HEAVEN: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander, M.D. (S&S; $15.99) 5. SEASON OF THE WITCH: Enchantment, Terror, David Talbot and Deliverance (Free Press; in the $16) City of Love
6. Daniel THINKING, Kahneman FAST AND (FSG; SLOW $16)
7. Oliver HALLUCINATIONS Sacks (Vintage, * $15.95) 8. HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough (Mariner; $15.95) 9. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers; $14)
10. THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB
Will Schwalbe (Vintage; $15)
FICTION National
1. THE CASUAL VACANCY J.K. Rowling (Back Bay/ Little, Brown; $18) 2. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY E L James (Vintage; $15.95)
3. THE SILENT WIFE
A.S.A. Harrison (Penguin; $16)
4. Jess BEAUTIFUL Walter (Harper RUINS Perennial; $15.99)
5. Paulo THE Coelho ALCHEMIST (HarperOne; $14.99)
6. Stephen JOYLAND King (Hard Case Crime; $12.95)
7. ALEX CROSS, RUN
James Patterson (Grand Central; $15)
8. LIFE OF PI Yann Martel (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin; $15.95)
9. WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE Maria Semple (Back Bay/Little, Brown; $14.99)
10. FIFTY SHADES DARKER
E L James (Vintage; $15.95)
NONFICTION National
1. A Into Eben PROOF Neurosurgeon’s the Alexander, Afterlife OF HEAVEN: Journey M.D. (S&S; $15.99) 2. BLACK: ORANGE My Year IS THE NEW in a Women’s Prison Piper Kerman (Spiegel & Grau; $16)
3. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot (Broadway; $16)
4. OUTLIERS: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay/Little, Brown; $16.99) 5. QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain (Broadway; $16) 6. WILD: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed (Vintage; $15.95)
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls (Scribner; $16)
8. BRAIN ON FIRE: My Month of Madness
Susannah Cahalan (S&S; $16) 9. HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $15.95)
10. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
Daniel Kahneman (FSG; $16)