The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24. Insurgent, the second book in the series, landed at #2, with the final book, Allegiant, at #4. John Green's The Fault in Our Stars came in at #3, and the previous top seller, Private L.A. by James Patterson, slipped four spots to #5.
J.D. Robb's Concealed in Death, published February 18, was new to the list at #6. At #12, Sandi Lynn's Lie Next to Me was the only self-published title on last week's chart.
Top Paid Books
1. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)
4. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
5. Private L.A. by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown and Company)
6. Concealed in Death by J. D. Robb (Penguin Group US)
7. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Company)
8. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
9. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Atria / 37 Ink)
10. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Penguin Group US)
11. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown and Company)
12. Lie Next to Me by Sandi Lynn (Sandi Lynn)
13. Killer by Jonathan Kellerman (Random House Publishing Group)
14. Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
15. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin Group US)
16. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House Publishing Group)
17. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)
18. Bullseye by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
19. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (Random House Publishing Group)
20. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Penguin Group US)