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U.S. Best-selling Books for Aug. 27

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

9. TransAtlantic by Colum Mccann (Random House)

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

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

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

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

6. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson (Doubleday)

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

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

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

10. I Could Chew on This And Other Poems by Dogs by Francesco Marciuliano (Chronicle Books)

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. Mistress by James Patterson, David Ellis (Little, Brown)

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

3. Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine Books)

4. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

5. The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)

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

7. Pete the Cat by James Dean (HarperCollins)

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

9. Dork Diaries 6: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin)

10. First Sight by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press)

Nonfiction

1. The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin (Threshold Editions)

2. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House)

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

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

5. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

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

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

8. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson Publishing)

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

10. Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson (Doubleday)

The top 10 books on Apple’s iBookstore

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

2. Mistress by James Patterson & David Ellis (Little, Brown and Company)

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

4. Afterburn by Sylvia Day (Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin)

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

6. The Liberty Amendments by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)

7. Biology by Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D. & Joseph S. Levine, Ph.D. (Pearson Education, Inc.)

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

9. High Heat: A Jack Reacher Novella by Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group)

10. Choosing the Right Man by Violet Duke (Violet Duke)



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