[June 20, 2014]NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diana Gabaldon's
newest novel, "Written in My Own Heart's Blood," shot straight to
the top of the best sellers list on Thursday, pushing Stephen King's
"Mr. Mercedes" into second place.
Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers
and independent distributors across the United States is used to
compile the list.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
1. "Written in My Own Heart’s Blood"
by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $35.00) -
2. "Mr. Mercedes," by Stephen King
(Scribner, $30.00) 1
3. "The Target," by David Baldacci
(Grand Central, $28.00) 9
4. "Unlucky 13," by James Patterson
and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $28.00) 2
5. "Ghost Ship," by Clive Cussler and
Graham Brown (Putnam, $28.95) 3
6. "The Matchmaker" by Elin Hilderbrand
(Little, Brown, $28.00) -
7. "The Goldfinch," by Donna Tartt
(Little, Brown, $30) 8
8. "The One & Only," by Emily Giffin
(Ballantine, $28.00) 4
9. "The Hurricane Sisters," by Dorothea
Benton Frank (William Morrow, $26.99) 5
10. "Field of Prey" by John Sandford
(Putnam, $28.95) 12
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. "Hard Choices" by Hillary Rodham Clinton
(Simon & Schuster, $35.00) -
