This WeekLast WeekWeeks on ListTHE CONFESSION, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) A man who committed a despicable crime but allowed another to be sent to death row in his place now wants to admit his guilt, but must convince the authorities he’s telling the truth.WORTH DYING FOR, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher can’t let go of a decades-old case of a missing child.AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) In the wake of the Lockerbie bombing, Mitch Rapp takes on his first antiterrorist assignment.SIDE JOBS, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $25.95.) A collection of stories about the Chicago wizard Harry Dresden.IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $27.95.) In Ireland, the Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh finds an old journal that could solve a crime.FALL OF GIANTS, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $36.) Five interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of World War I and the Russian Revolution.SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) The arrival of a mysterious young woman in a small North Carolina town raises questions about her past.FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) A family of Midwestern liberals during the Bush years. ExcerptTHE REVERSAL, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The defense lawyer Mickey Haller and the L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch join forces against a child-killer.SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $21.99.) The humorist looks at human nature through stories with animals as characters.THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ?Mississippi.DON'T BLINK, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A reporter finds himself involved in a war between the Italian mob and the Russian mafia.OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, by John le Carr?. (Viking, $27.95.) A British couple are caught up in Russian intrigue.ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A mother’s prison is her young son’s entire world.THE TWELFTH IMAM, by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House) WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE SHATTERING, by Christie Golden (Gallery) CHRISTMAS EVE AT FRIDAY HARBOR, by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin’s) NAKED HEAT, by Richard Castle (Hyperion) THE TEMPLAR SALVATION, by Raymond Khoury (Dutton) CHASING THE NIGHT, by Iris Johansen (St. Martin’s) CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, by Tom Franklin (Morrow) PROMISE ME, by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster) PAINTED LADIES, by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) GETTING TO HAPPY, by Terry McMillan (Viking) GAUNTLGRYM, by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) CALL ME MRS. MIRACLE, by Debbie Macomber (Mira) EIGHTEEN ACRES, by Nicolle Wallace (Atria) AGAINST ALL THINGS ENDING, by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam) LEGACY, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) CRYOBURN, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) MINI SHOPAHOLIC, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial) A DOG'S PURPOSE, by W. Bruce Cameron (Forge) BAD BLOOD, by John Sandford (Putnam) These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 14 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 30, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.
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