Fiction
*1. The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Tor/Tom Doherty, $29.99. Book 12 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
2. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. Doubleday, $29.95.
*3. True Blue, by David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.99. An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.
*4. Last Night in Twisted River, by John Irving. Random House, $28. A loggers' cook and his son are on the run from the law, for decades.
5. Pursuit of Honor, by Vince Flynn. Atria, $27.99.
6. The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell. Putnam, $27.95.
7. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.
8. Nine Dragons, by Michael Connelly. Little, Brown, $27.99.
*9. Grave Secret, by Charlaine Harris. Berkeley Prime Crime, $24.95. Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver head for Texas and into family trouble.
10. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel. Holt, $27.
Nonfiction
*1. The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons. Ballantine/ESPN, $30. ESPN.com's Sports Guy crunches big questions in NBA history.
2. Superfreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.
3. Have A Little Faith, by Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $23.99.
4. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
5. Arguing With Idiots, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.
6. Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Viking, $32.95.
7. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
8. True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy. Twelve, $35.
9. Highest Duty, by Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.
10. Eating the Dinosaur, by Chuck Klosterman. Scribner, $25.
* -- Indicates first appearance on the list.
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