A selection of books at BookHampton in East Hampton.

A selection of books at BookHampton in East Hampton. Credit: Newsday photo / Ana P. Gutierrez

Publishers Weekly's list of national bestsellers powered by Nielsen BookScan for the week ending Sept. 1.


HARDCOVER

FICTION

1. THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, by Robert Galbraith (Little, Brown/Mulholland)

2. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

3. MISTRESS, by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown)

4. INFERNO, by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

5. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)

6. ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM, by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine)

7. BONES OF THE LOST, by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

8. THE WHOLE ENCHILADA, by Diane Mott Davidson (William Morrow)

9. THE KILL LIST, by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam)

10. THE BONE SEASON, by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)


NONFICTION

1. THE LIBERTY AMENDMENTS, by Mark R. Levin (S & S/Threshold)

2. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson (Howard Books)

3. ZEALOT, by Reza Aslan (Random House)

4. THIS TOWN, by Mark Leibovich (Blue Rider Press)

5. LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf)

6. THE DUCK COMMANDER FAMILY, by Willie & Korie Robertson (Howard Books)

7. EXPOSED, BY LISA MITCHELL (William Morrow)

8. LAWRENCE IN ARABIA, by Scott Anderson (Doubleday)

9. LIFE CODE, by Dr. Phil McGraw (Bird Street Books)

10. THE BUTLER, by Wil Haygood (Atria/37 Ink)


PAPERBACK

1. THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham (Bantam)

2. THE CASUAL VACANCY, by J.K. Rowling (Little, Brown)

3. WINTER OF THE WORLD, by Ken Follett (NAL)

4. PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander (Simon & Schuster)

5. ALEX CROSS, RUN, by James Patterson (Grand Central)

6. THE SILENT WIFE, by A.S.A. Harrison (Penguin)

7. I DECLARE, by Joel Osteen (FaithWords)

8. BEAUTIFUL RUINS, by Jess Walter (Harper Perennial)

9. DSM-5, by American Psychiatric Assoc. (APA)

10. JOYLAND, by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime)

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