New York Times Bestseller List: No. 1 Titles for Week Ended October 21

Kendall Sinclair

LOS ANGELES , October 21, 2013 (Industry Intelligence) – The No. 1 titles for 17 print and e-book categories reported by the New York Times Best Sellers List for the week ended October 21, 2013:

Paperback Nonfiction: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau) A memoir about a year in a women’s prison. The basis for the Netflix series.

Paperback Trade Fiction: THE HIT, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) The government hit man Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he tries to stop Jessica Reel, a fellow assassin who has gone rogue.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction: THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. (Dell) An imprisoned ex-lawyer schemes to exchange information about a murdered federal judge for his freedom.

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction: KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Jesus’ life and times, and the events leading up to his execution.

Advice, How-To And Miscellaneous: BREAK OUT!, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords) Five principles to take you beyond your own barriers.

Paperback Graphic Books: PERSEPOLIS, by Marjane Satrapi. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) This graphic-novel memoir chronicles the author’s life in Iran during its 1979 revolution and its war with Iraq.

E-Book Nonfiction: KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Jesus’ life and times, and the events leading up to his execution.

Combined Print & E-Book Fiction: GONE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown) Detective Michael Bennett, living with his 10 adopted children on a California farm, is pursued by the head of a Mexican drug cartel he once put in jail.

Hardcover Fiction: DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Now grown up, Dan, the boy with psycho-intuitive powers in “The Shining” helps another child with a spectacular gift.

Hardcover Graphic Books: JUSTICE LEAGUE, VOL. 3, by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. (DC Comics) Atlantis attacks and major cities are underwater. Can the Justice League stop Ocean Master, Aquaman’s brother?

Hardcover Nonfiction: KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Jesus’ life and times, and the events leading up to his execution.

Manga: BLEACH, VOL. 58, by Tite Kubo. (VIZ Media) Ichigo Kurosaki sees dead people and must help usher them safely into the afterlife.

Children’s Picture Books: PETE THE CAT AND HIS MAGIC SUNGLASSES, by Kimberly and James Dean. Illustrated by James Dean. (Harper/HarperCollins) Seeing things in a new way. (Ages 3 to 7)

Children’s Middle Grade: WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12)

Children’s Series Books: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. (Simon & Schuster) A world of demons and warriors. (Ages 14 and up)

Children’s Young Adult: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. (Ages 14 and up)

E-Book Fiction: GONE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown) Detective Michael Bennett, living with his 10 adopted children on a California farm, is pursued by the head of a Mexican drug cartel he once put in jail.

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