New books consider today's political scene, of course, but there are works by Ben Macintyre, Nina Totenberg (on Justice Ginsburg), Buzz Bissinger and Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner and, as always, Jim Patterson and Stephen King. These hardcover rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 17.
Several books are new on the list, which reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 10. Among them in nonfiction: a look at how wealth shifted between 1870 and 2010, and what resulted: "Slouching Towards Utopia."