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And The Best-Selling Books of 2011 Are…

By TechTaffy Desk

Amazon.com has announced the top 10 best-selling books of 2011 overall (print and Kindle combined). Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Bossypants by Tina Fey and A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard take the top three spots on the list.

The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan and The Abbey by Chris Culver come in at #4 and #9 slots respectively. Both these titles made the list based solely on Kindle sales and were independently published using Kindle Direct Publishing.

 

The top 10 best-selling books overall are:

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

( This list takes into account first editions that were published in 2011, and considers only paid units.)

 

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