NEW YORK (Reuters) - James Patterson was back on top of the U.S. bestsellers list on Thursday with his latest novel "Invisible," which pushed Janet Evanovich's "Top Secret Twenty-One" into second place.
Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States is used to compile the list.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
1. "Invisible" by James Patterson and
David Ellis (Little, Brown $28.00) -
2. "Top Secret Twenty-One" by
Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $28.00) 1
3. "Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith
(LB/Mulholland, $28.00) 4
4. "Mr. Mercedes," by Stephen King
(Scribner, $30.00) 2
5. "Written in My Own Heart’s Blood"
by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $35.00) 3
6. "All Fall Down" by Jennifer Weiner
(Atria, $26.99) 5
7. "The Goldfinch," by Donna Tartt
(Little, Brown, $30) 6
8. "The Matchmaker" by Elin Hilderbrand
(Little, Brown, $28.00) 7
9. "The One & Only," by Emily Giffin
(Ballantine, $28.00) 9
10. "Unlucky 13," by James Patterson
and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $28.00) 8
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. "Hard Choices" by Hillary Rodham Clinton
(Simon & Schuster, $35.00) 1
2. "Blood Feud" by Edward Klein
(Regnery, $27.99) -
3. "One Nation," by Ben Carson
(Penguin/Sentinel, $25.95) 2
4. "Good Call," by Jase Robertson
(Howard Books, 25.99) 6
5. "Instinct," by T.D. Jakes
(FaithWords, $25.00) 3
6. "Capital in the Twenty-First Century,"
by Thomas Piketty (Harvard/Belknap, $39.95) 4
7. "Think Like a Freak," by Steven D.
Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William
Morrow, $28.99) 5
8. "Everything I Need to Know I Learned
From a Little Golden Book," by Diane Muldrow
(Random/Golden Books, $12.99) 8
9. "America" by Dinesh D’Souza
(Regnery, $29.99) 11
10. "Grain Brain" by David Perlmutter
(Little, Brown, $27.00) 9
Week ended June 29 2014, powered by
Nielsen BookScan © 2014 The Nielsen Company.
(This story has been corrected to change name in first paragraph to James from Robert)
(Editing by Patricia Reaney and Tom Brown)