Fiction
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.
*2. Kisser, by Stuart Woods. Putnam, $25.95. Stone Barrington, the New York cop turned lawyer, pursues a case of financial fraud on the Upper East Side.
3. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. Doubleday, $29.95.
*4. The Burning Land, by Bernard Cornwell. Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99. In the fifth of the Saxon Tales, the 9th-century Saxon warrior Uhtred breaks with King Alfred, but eventually returns to help fight the Danes.
5. The First Rule, by Robert Crais. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, $26.95.
6. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $24.99.
7. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova. Little, Brown, $26.99.
*8. The Wolf at the Door, by Jack Higgins. Putnam, $26.95. Someone is targeting the members of an elite British intelligence team, and Sean Dillon believes it is an old nemesis.
9. Roses, by Leila Meacham. Grand Central, $24.99.
10. I, Alex Cross, by James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99.
Nonfiction
1. Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.
2. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert. Viking, $26.95.
3. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson. Viking, $26.95.
4. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $23.99.
5. Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin. Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99.
6. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
*7. Just Kids, by Patti Smith. Ecco/HarperCollins, $27. The godmother of punk recalls her life with Robert Mapplethorpe and their yearnings for a life in art in the New York City of the 1960s and '70s.
8. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan/Holt, $24.50.
9. Superfreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.
10. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
* -- Indicates first appearance on the list.
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