Fiction
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.
*2. The First Rule, by Robert Crais. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, $26.95. Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, set out to clear the reputation of a former military contractor who has been murdered.
3. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. Doubleday, $29.95.
*4. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova. Little, Brown, $26.99. A psychiatrist who treats a man who slashed a canvas in the National Gallery is drawn into the world of French Impressionism; from the author of The Historian.
5. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $24.99.
6. I, Alex Cross, by James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99.
7. Impact, by Douglas Preston. Forge, $25.99.
*8. Treasure Hunt, by John Lescroart. Dutton, $26.95. A young San Francisco private investigator discovers some unpleasant facts when a well-known fund-raiser is murdered.
9. Noah's Compass, by Anne Tyler. Knopf, $25.95.
10. Deeper Than the Dead, by Tami Hoag. Dutton, $26.95.
Nonfiction
*1. Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99. Behind the scenes at the 2008 election with Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John and Elizabeth Edwards, John McCain and Sarah Palin.
2. Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert. Viking, $26.95.
3. Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $23.99.
4. Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin. Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99.
5. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson. Viking, $26.95.
6. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
7. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan/Holt, $24.50.
8. Superfreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.
9. Drive, by Daniel H. Pink. Riverhead, $26.95.
10. What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
* — Indicates first appearance on the list.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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