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Top Reads: Sandberg's LEAN IN Tops NY Times' Nonfiction List for 6th Week, 5/5

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Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads!

Nora Roberts' latest novel, WHISKEY BEACH, debuted at the top of The New York Times' 'Combined Print & E-Book Fiction' best seller list, while Sheryl Sandberg's LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD once again topped nonfiction list, for the sixth week in a row. On Amazon, Nick Ortner's self-help book THE TAPPING SOLUTION: A REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM FOR STRESS-FREE LIVING, was the best selling fiction/nonfiction book on the online marketplace.


The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

The New York Times Best Sellers

Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
1) WHISKEY BEACH - Nora Roberts
2) DAMAGED - H. M. Ward.
3) TAKING EVE - Iris Johansen
4) THE BET - Rachel Van Dyken
5) REAL - Katy Evans
6) BEAUTIFUL STRANGER - Christina Lauren
7) SIX YEARS - Harlan Coben
8) GONE GIRL - Gillian Flynn
9) DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING - Mary Higgins Clark
10) THE WANDERER - Robyn Carr

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
1) LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD - Sheryl Sandberg
2) BOSSYPANTS - Tina Fey
3) PROOF OF HEAVEN - Eben Alexander.
4) WILD - Cheryl Strayed
5) BRAIN ON FIRE - Susannah Cahalan.
6) THE ATHENA DOCTRINE - John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio
7) KILLING KENNEDY - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8) AMERICAN SNIPER - Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
9) GULP - Mary Roach
10) UNSINKABLE -Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

For The New York Times' full list of best sellers, click here.


Amazon Top Best Sellers

1) THE TAPPING SOLUTION: A REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM FOR STRESS-FREE LIVING - Nick Ortner
2) CONTROL: EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS - Glenn Beck
3) THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald
4) INFERNO: A NOVEL - Dan Brown (Release: 5/14)
5) COOKED: A NATURAL HISTORY OF TRANSFORMATION - Michael Pollan
6) LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD - Sheryl Sandberg
7) DEAD EVER AFTER: A SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVEL - Charlaine Harris
8) MY NEXT STEP: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF HEALING AND HOPE - Dave Lingner
9) OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! - Dr. Seuss
10) A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, Books 1-4 - George R.R. Martin

For Amazon's full list of best sellers, click here.

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