The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Hardcover Fiction Last Week

1. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95) 1

2. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler (Putnam, $28.95) -

3. "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, $28.99) -

4. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $28.00) 2

5. "The Casual Vacancy" by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown, $35.00) 3

6. "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central, $27.99) 4

7. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25.00) 8

8. "The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $28.95) 6

9. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett (Dutton, $36.00) 9

10. "NYPD Red" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown, $27.99) 7

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35.00) 1

2. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly (Henry Holt, $28.00) 2

3. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen (Dutton, $26.95) 4

4. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen (FaithWords, $21.99) 8

5. "Guinness World Records 2013" (Guinness World Records) 5

6. "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman (Knopf, $35.00) 3

7. "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver ( Penguin, $27.95) 23

8. "The Last Lion" by William Manchester (Little, Brown, $40,) 27

9. "The Digest Diet" by Liz Vaccariello (Reader's Digest Association, $24.99) -

10. "Cooking Italian with the Cake Boss"

by Buddy Valastro (Free Press, $30.00) -

Week ended November 11, 2012, powered by Nielsen BookScan (c) 2012 The Nielsen Company.

(Editing by Patricia Reaney and Lisa Shumaker)

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