As the first reviews for David Fincher’s much anticipated adaptation of Gone Girl begin to trickle in, Gillian Flynn’s 2012 bestseller pushed to the top of Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended September 22. The film, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, hits theaters October 3.

James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, also enjoying a boost from a recent big screen adaptation, jumped from #11 to #2. Ken Follett’s Edge of Eternity, the closer in his Century Trilogy, debuted at #3.


iBooks US Bestseller List - Paid Books

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - 9780307588388 - (Crown Publishing Group)
2. The Maze Runner by James Dashner - 9780375893773 - (Random House Children's Books)
3. Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett - 9780698160576 - (Penguin Group US)
4. Personal by Lee Child - 9780804178761 - (Random House Publishing Group)
5. If I Stay by Gayle Forman - 9781101046340 - (Penguin Group US)
6. Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James - 9781612130293 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
7. Mean Streak by Sandra Brown - 9781455581139 - (Grand Central Publishing)
8. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper - 9781101108987 - (Penguin Group US)
9. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner - 9780375896118 - (Random House Children's Books)
10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 9780440335160 - (Random House Publishing Group)
11. Captivated By You by Sylvia Day - 9780698153462 - (Penguin Group US)
12. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 9781101569184 - (Penguin Group US)
13. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks - 9781455502547 - (Grand Central Publishing)
14. Private Down Under by James Patterson & Michael White - 9781455529773 - (Grand Central Publishing)
15. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - 9780698138636 - (Penguin Group US)
16. The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho - 9780061741241 - (HarperCollins e-books)
17. Where She Went by Gayle Forman - 9781101476321 - (Penguin Group US)
18. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 9780307459923 - (Crown Publishing Group)
19. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett - 9781101543559 - (Penguin Group US)
20. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - 9780440335184 - (Random House Publishing Group)