Amazon’s Bestselling Books Of 2011

By Dianna Dilworth 

Amazon has released its bestselling books list for 2011. The online retailer measures its book sales for this list by looking at both print and eBook sales. The list includes titles from the big six publishers, as well as two titles from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform.

The release explains more: “The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan and The Abbey by Chris Culver come in at #4 and #9. Both titles made the list based solely on Kindle sales and were independently published using Kindle Direct Publishing.”

Below, we’ve included Amazon’s “Top 10 bestselling books overall” list.

1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

2. Bossypants by Tina Fey

3. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

4. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan

5. In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson

6. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

7. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

8. The Litigators by John Grisham

9. The Abbey by Chris Culver

10. Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini