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S.M. Stirling Hits the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List
Roc author S.M. Stirling's series of novels set in a post-apocalyptic world where technology stops working has been gaining in popularity with the release of each new installment. Several of Stirling's books, including last year's The Scourge of God, have come close to hitting the New York Times bestseller list. With last week's publication of The Sword of the Lady (Roc Hardcover), Stirling finally lands on the Times list, debuting at #13 on the hardcover fiction list.
The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of September 13th
See links to bestsellers in fiction, non-fiction, children's and more.
Penguin Group (USA) has eight debuts on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of September 13th: on the hardcover fiction list, Even Money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis (Putnam) is #9; Sword of the Lady by S.M. Stirling (Roc) is #13; and Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton) is #16. On the hardcover nonfiction list, The Healing of America by T.R. Reid (The Penguin Press) is #6, while Born Round by Frank Bruni (The Penguin Press) is #15; and on the mass market fiction list, Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (Ace) is #2; Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) is #5, and Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle (Jove) is #6.
Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:
On the hardcover fiction list, The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) is #3 in its 22nd week; and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #10 in its seventeenth week.
On the trade paperback fiction list, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is #14 in its 218th week; In The Woods by Tana French (Penguin) is #17 in its 25th week; and The Likeness by Tana French (Penguin) is #18 in its twelfth week.
On the mass market fiction list, Ace's Charlaine Harris holds five slots this week: Dead Until Dark at #10 in its 40th week; From Dead to Worse at #11 in its 21st week; Club Dead at #15 in 26th week; Dead to the World at #16 in its 20th week; and Definitely Dead at #19 in its thirteenth week.
On the paperback nonfiction list, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) is #4 in its 135th week; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) is #10 in its 135th week; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #13 in its 102nd week; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin) is #14 in its eighteenth week;The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Riverhead) is #15 in its fourth week; and My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Plume) is #20 in its ninth week.
In the young readers sector, on the children's picture books list, Llama Llama Misses Mama written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney (Viking) is #6 in its eighteenth week. On the children's chapter books list, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Razorbill) is #8 in its 45th week, while Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Viking) is #9 in its eleventh week. On the children's paperback books list, Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Puffin) is #5 in its 32nd week, while Impossible by Nancy Werlin (Speak) is #10 in its second week. And on the children's series list, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Razorbill) is #2 in its eighth week; and Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan (Philomel) is #10 in its 32nd week.
