Latest Bestsellers

From the Book Standard, the public face of Nielsen BookScan, comes this week's fiction bestsellers, based on actual sales at bookstores and other retailers around the country:

1. NIGHT FALL, Nelson DeMille (Warner Books, Hardcover)
2. THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, Mitch Albom (Hyperion, Hardcover)
3. LONDON BRIDGES, James Patterson (Little, Brown & Co, Hardcover)
4. THE DA VINCI CODE, Dan Brown (Doubleday Books, Hardcover)
5. BLUE DAHLIA, Nora Roberts (Jove Books, Paperback)

Note that 3 of the top 5 are mystery or suspense books.