'Invisible' retains top spot on U.S. bestsellers list

NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - James Patterson held on to the No. 1 spot on the U.S. bestsellers list for the second week on Thursday with his latest novel "Invisible."

Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States is used to compile the list.

Hardcover Fiction Last Week

1. "Invisible" by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown, $28.00) 1

2. "Top Secret Twenty-One" by Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $28.00) 2

3. "Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith (LB/Mulholland, $28.00) 3

4. "Mr. Mercedes," by Stephen King (Scribner, $30.00) 4

5. "The City" by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $28.00) -

6. "Written in My Own Heart's Blood" by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $35.00) 5

7. "The Goldfinch," by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown, $30) 7

8. "All Fall Down" by Jennifer Weiner (Atria, $26.99) 6

9. "The One & Only," by Emily Giffin (Ballantine, $28.00) 9

10. "Born of Fury" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's, $27.99) -

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. "Blood Feud" by Edward Klein (Regnery, $27.99) 2

2. "Hard Choices" by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster, $35.00) 1

3. "How the World Sees You" by Sally Hogshead (HarperBusiness, $29.99) -

4. "One Nation," by Ben Carson (Penguin/Sentinel, $25.95) 3

5. "All In Startup" by Diana Kander, (Wiley, $24.95) -

6. "Instinct," by T.D. Jakes (FaithWords, $25.00) 5

7. "The Family of Jesus" by Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books, $19.99) -

8. "Think Like a Freak," by Steven D.

Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow, $28.99) 7

9. "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," by Thomas Piketty (Harvard/Belknap, $39.95) 6

10. "Good Call," by Jase Robertson (Howard Books, 25.99) 4 Week ended July 6 2014, powered by Nielsen BookScan © 2014 The Nielsen Company.

(Editing by Patricia Reaney and Gunna Dickson)