As the holidays swing around, the bestseller lists change with the season. For children, the latest pop-ups are selling strong: “Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy,” “How to Find Flower Fairies” and “Mythology.” Also, just out, “The Daring Book for Girls” and “The Dangerous Book for Boys.” In nonfiction, “Clapton” is No. 1. Books on humor, health, the environment, and music, music, music round out the list. In fiction, other media have propelled three titles back onto the list: “No Country for Old Men” and “Love in the Time of Cholera” thanks to new movies, and Oprah’s pick of Ken Follett’s masterwork “The Pillars of the Earth.”
Fiction
1. “Almost Moon,” by Alice Sebold, paperback, Hachette, $24.99
2. “Water for Elephants,” by Sara Gruen, paperback, Algonquin Books, $13.95
3. “What is the What,” by Dave Eggers, paperback, Random House, $15.95
4. “Love in the Time of Cholera,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, paperback, Random House, $14.95
5. “The Power of the Dog,” by Don Winslow, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
6. “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini, paperback, Riverhead, $25.95
7. “The Abstinence Teacher,” by Tom Perrotta, paperback, St. Martin’s Press, $24.95
8. “No Country for Old Men,” by Cormac McCarthy, paperback, Random House, $14
9. “The Pillars of the Earth,” by Ken Follett, paperback, Penguin, $24.95
10. “Stone Cold,” by David Baldacci, paperback, Hachette, $26.99
Nonfiction
1. “Clapton: The Autobiography,” by Eric Clapton, paperback, Random House, $26
2. “Eat, Pray, Love,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin, $15
3. “The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes From a Delicious Revolution,” paperback, Clarkson Potter, $35
4. “The Green Book,” by Elizabeth Rogers, paperback, Random House, $12.95
5. I am America (And So Can You!),” by Stephen Colbert, paperback, Hachette, $26.99
6. “Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous,” by Rory Freedman, paperback, Running Press, $13.95
7. “Deceptively Delicious,” by Jessica Seinfeld, paperback, HarperCollins, $24.95
8. “Wonderful Tonight,” by Pattie Boyd, paperback, Random House, $25.95
9. “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer, paperback, Vintage, $13.95
10. “This is Your Brain on Music,” by Daniel Levitin, paperback, Penguin, $15
Children
1. “Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy,” by Matthew Reinhart, paperback, Candlewick Press, $19.99
2. “Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones,” by Judith Schachner, paperback, Penguin, $16.99
3. “The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1),” by Philip Pullman, paperback, Random House, $7.50
4. “Archibald’s Swiss Cheese Mountain,” by Sylvia Lieberman, paperback, Seven Locks Press, $17.95
5. “Slam,” by Nick Hornby, paperback, Penguin, $19.95
6. “The Daring Book for Girls,” by Andrea Buchanan, HarperCollins, $24.95
7. “Mythology,” by Hesia Evans, paperback, Candlewick, $19.99
8. “How to Find Flower Fairies,” by Cicely Mary Barker, paperback, Penguin, $19.99
9. “Olivia Helps With Christmas,” by Ian Falconer, paperback, Simon and Schuster, $18.99
10. “The Dangerous Book for Boys,” by Conn Iggulden, paperback, HarperCollins, $24.95
Book lists provided by Diesel, A Bookstore