THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $14.95.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.THE FINKLER QUESTION, by Howard Jacobson. (Bloomsbury, $15.) A mugging prompts a quest for self-discovery in this tale of anti-Semitism, friendship and wisdom; winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize. ExcerptLITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave. (Simon & Schuster, $14.) The lives of a British woman and a Nigerian girl collide.CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Vintage, $15.95.) Twin brothers, conjoined and then separated, grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia. ExcerptHALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) A re-creation of the life of the author’s grandmother in the Southwest. ExcerptTHE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99.) An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.SARAH’S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95.) A contemporary American journalist investigates the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, by Ntozake Shange. (Scribner, $9.95 and $12.) A "choreopoem" about race and gender, first published in 1975.THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne, $14.99.) A Spanish shepherd boy goes to Egypt in search of treasure.UNLOCKED, by Karen Kingsbury. (Zondervan, $14.99.) Bullied at school, an autistic 18-year-old is befriended by a classmate with problems of her own.THE SHACK, by William P. Young. (Windblown Media, $14.99.) A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God. (†) ExcerptWORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Grand Central, $14.99.) A New York detective raising 10 children investigates a string of killings.TINKERS, by Paul Harding. (Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95.) A dying clock repairman recalls his impoverished New England childhood; a 2010 Pulitzer winner.NEVER LET ME GO, by Kazuo Ishiguro. (Vintage International, $15.) At a school in the English countryside, children are trained for a terrible destiny.A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick. (Algonquin, $14.95.) Complications ensue when a wealthy Wisconsin widower in 1907 advertises for a spouse.THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper Perennial, $16.99.) A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with artists and radicals.LET ME IN, by John Ajvide Lindqvist. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.95 and $15.99.) A schoolboy is fascinated by a neighbor who comes out only at night; originally published as "Let the Right One In."THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE, by Orhan Pamuk. (Vintage International, $15.95.) A privileged Istanbul resident describes his lifelong obsession with a shopgirl.SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT, by Beth Hoffman (Penguin) BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square) MAGIC HOUR, by Kristin Hannah (Ballantine) REMARKABLE CREATURES, by Tracy Chevalier (Plume) THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2010, edited by Richard Russo (Mariner) THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial) 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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