Bestseller Stat Shot
The new Nicholas Sparks novel, The Longest Ride, is the most popular book in the country, with 112,430 print copies sold in its debut week. It’s one of only a few titles to crack six figures out of the gate so far this year. Below is a list of the other members of the 100k+ debut club—all of which, interestingly, are novels.
| The Longest Ride | Nicholas Sparks | Grand Central | 112,430 | Sept. 22 |
| Entwined with You | Sylvia Day | Berkley | 134,697 | June 9 |
| Inferno | Dan Brown | Doubleday | 367,545 | May 19 |
| A Memory of Light | Jordan/Sanderson | Tor | 155,178 | Jan. 13 |
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Podcasts
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Authors
Winter’s Bone author Daniel Woodrell is back with The Maid’s Version (Little, Brown). We talk to the master of flinty Ozark noir about his new novel and why he backed off on the swearing this time out.
“They fought like hell, but they knew when the fight should end and the deal should be struck,” says Chris Matthews, talking about his new book, Tip and the Gipper (Simon & Schuster).
Events
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