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Best Sellers · 2010s

2010

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE LOST SYMBOL

Kathryn Stockett

Hardcover Nonfiction

HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

Elizabeth Gilbert

John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

February

Hardcover Fiction

Kathryn Stockett

James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

Hardcover Nonfiction

John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

March

Hardcover Fiction

Kathryn Stockett

FANTASY IN DEATH

Hardcover Nonfiction

John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG

Chelsea Handler

April

Hardcover Fiction

Kathryn Stockett

Patricia Briggs

Hardcover Nonfiction

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE

Mary Higgins Clark

DELIVER US FROM EVIL

THE 9TH JUDGMENT

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

DEAD IN THE FAMILY

Charlaine Harris

Hardcover Nonfiction

SPOKEN FROM THE HEART

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST

Hardcover Nonfiction

SPOKEN FROM THE HEART

SH*T MY DAD SAYS

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE OVERTON WINDOW

SIZZLING SIXTEEN

Janet Evanovich

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Hardcover Nonfiction

SH*T MY DAD SAYS

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST

THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE OBAMA DIARIES

SH*T MY DAD SAYS

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE POSTCARD KILLERS

James Patterson and Liza Marklund

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST

Jonathan Franzen

Hardcover Nonfiction

SH*T MY DAD SAYS

CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY

THE GRAND DESIGN

Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

October

Hardcover Fiction

Nicholas Sparks

Jonathan Franzen

Michael Connelly

AMERICAN ASSASSIN

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE GRAND DESIGN

Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

EARTH (THE BOOK)

Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow and Josh Lieb

November

Hardcover Fiction

WORTH DYING FOR

TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Hardcover Nonfiction

EARTH (THE BOOK)

Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow and Josh Lieb

Keith Richards with James Fox

DECISION POINTS

December

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson

Patricia Cornwell

Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood

Hardcover Nonfiction

DECISION POINTS

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