Kindle bestsellers: 'Lost Symbol' knocked from its perch
Thursday 22 October 2009
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Amazon released the weekly top selling e-books for its Kindle device on October 20; After four weeks at number one Dan Brown's
The Lost Symbol has been displaced by Vince Flynn's latest political thriller,
Pursuit of Honor.
Thanks to the debut of five new titles there was a lot of movement on Amazon's latest digital bestseller chart, according to sales data compiled the week ending October 17.
|
Rank |
Week ending October 17 |
Title |
Author |
|
1 |
new |
Pursuit of Honor |
Vince Flynn |
|
2 |
1 |
The Lost Symbol |
Dan Brown |
|
3 |
new |
Nine Dragons |
Michael Connelly |
|
4 |
2 |
Rough Country |
John Sandford |
|
5 |
3 |
The Help |
Kathryn Stockett |
|
6 |
4 |
The Last Song |
Nicholas Sparks |
|
7 |
new |
Heat Wave |
Richard Castle |
|
8 |
6 |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
Stieg Larsson |
|
9 |
new |
Have a Little Faith |
Mitch Albom |
|
10 |
new |
Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel |
Jonathan Kellerman |
Amazon's Kindle e-reader and e-books were only available to US-based customers until October 19, when international shipping of Kindles began.
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