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U.S. Best-selling Books for Oct. 8

Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, debuted at No. 1 on most national book lists this week.

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

Fiction

1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

2. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf)

3. Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press HC)

4. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton (A Marian Wood Book/Putnam)

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

6. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

7. Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)

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

9. Someone by Alice McDermott (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

10. MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese)

Nonfiction

1. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.,)

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

3. Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? by Billy Crystal (Henry Holt and Co.)

4. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes (Knopf)

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

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

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

8. I Could Pee on This And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano (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. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher (Quirk 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. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

2. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

3. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton (A Marian Wood Book/Putnam)

4. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf)

5. Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)

6. Deadline by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

7. The Quest by Nelson Demille (Center Street)

8. Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

9. Treasure Hunters by James Patterson (Little, Brown & Co.)

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

Nonfiction

1. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Macmillan)

2. Si-cology 1 by Si Robertson (Howard Books)

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

4. Guinness World Records: 2014 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)

5. Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? by Billy Crystal (Henry Holt and Co.)

6. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

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

8. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House)

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

10. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf)

iBooks’ Official Book Charts: Top 10 Paid Books

1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

2. Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.)

3. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

4. Never Go Back by Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group)

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

6. Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

7. Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines (Atria Books)

8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)

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

10. The Quest by Nelson DeMille (Center Street)

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