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U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 13

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.

Fiction

1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith; J. K. Rowling (Mulholland Books)

2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow & Co.)

3. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)

4. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

5. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)

6. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)

7. The English Girl by Daniel Silva (Harper)

8. Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)

9. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff (Doubleday)

10. TransAtlantic by Colum Mccann (Random House)

Nonfiction

1. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (Random House)

2. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Co.)

3. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America’s Gilded Capital by Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider Press)

4. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf)

5. I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano (Chronicle Books)

6. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi; Sami Tamimi (Ten Speed Press)

7. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (Viking Adult)

8. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher (Quirk Books)

9. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book by Chronicle Books (Chronicle Books)

10. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

The Wall Street Journal gathers point-of-sale book data from more than 11,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 75 percent of the nation’s book sales. Data providers include all major booksellers and Web retailers and food stores (excluding Walmart and Sam’s Club).

Fiction

1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith; J. K. Rowling (Mulholland Books)

2. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

3. First Sight by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press)

4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)

5. The English Girl by Daniel Silva (Harper)

6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Dutton Books)

7. Pete the Cat by James Dean (HarperCollins)

8. Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin)

9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)

10. Second Honeymoon by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)

Nonfiction

1. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House)

2. Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach (Howard Books)

3. Jesus Calling: Enjoy Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

4. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf)

5. This Town by Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider Press)

6. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

7. The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson (Howard Books)

8. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)

9. The Wimpy Kid Do-it-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)

10. Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World by Phil McGraw (Bird Street Books)

The top 10 books on Apple’s iBookstore

1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith & J.K. Rowling (Little, Brown & Company)

2. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House Publishing Group)

3. Inferno by Dan Brown (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

4. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

5. The English Girl by Daniel Silva (Harper)

6. Falling for the Good Guy by Violet Duke (Violet Duke)

7. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Random House Publishing Group)

8. Hidden Order by Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)

9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)

10. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty (Penguin Group US)



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