Our top books hitting bookstores this week. Click the links for our reviews and full On-Sale Calendar.
October 17
Why Read Moby Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, $25; ISBN 978-0-670-02299-1). 100,000 copies.
October 18
Shatner Rules by William Shatner (Dutton, $21.95; ISBN 978-0-525-95251-0). 200,000 copies. One-day laydown.
Damned: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-385-53302-7). 150,000 copies.
Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself by Julie Klam (Riverhead, $21.95; ISBN 978-1-59448-828-3). 150,000 copies.
Double Dexter: A Novel by Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-385-53237-2). 100,000 copies.
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes by Judy Collins (Crown Archetype, $26; ISBN 978-0-307-71734-4). 75,000 copies.
Into the Silence by Wade Davis (Knopf, $35; ISBN 978-0-375-40889-2). 75,000 copies.
Zone One: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-385-52807-8). 60,000 copies.
Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President by Justin A. Frank (Free Press, $26; ISBN 978-1-4516-2063-4).
My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir by Mark Whitaker (Simon & Schuster, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-4516-2754-1).
Children’s and YA:
October 18
Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Little, Brown, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-316-12352-5). 200,000 copies.
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Scholastic Press, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-545-22490-1). 150,000 copies.
Seizure: A Virals Novel by Kathy Reichs (Razorbill, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-394-5). 100,000 copies.
Dork Diaries 3 1/2: How to Dork Your Diary by Rachel Renee Russell (S&S/Aladdin, $12.99; ISBN 978-1-4424-2233-9).
The Cat. The Boots. The Legend by Tina Gallo (Simon Spotlight, $3.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4424-2996-3).
A Good Kitty and a Bad Egg by Ilanit Oliver (Simon Spotlight, $3.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4424-2891-1).
Puss in Boots 3-D Movie Guide by Red Bird Press (Simon Spotlight, $6.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4424-2713-6).
Puss in Boots Movie Novelization by Lara Bergen (Simon Spotlight, $6.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4424-2950-5).
