Best-sellers for week of Oct. 15
Here are the week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
2. "A Touch of Dead" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
3. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)
4. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
5. "Evidence" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
6. "The Professional" by Robert B. Parker (Putnam Adult)
7. "Rough Country," by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
8. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
9. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte)
10. "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner)
11. "The Ghost King: Transitions" by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast)
12. "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy (Nan A. Talese)
13. "Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett (Harper)
14. "The Christmas List" by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster)
15. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
2. "Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
3. "True Compass: A Memoir" by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)
4. "The Murder of King Tut" by James Patterson, Martin Dugard (Little, Brown)
5. "The Time of My Life" by Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi (Atria)
6. "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday)
7. "Postsecret" by Frank Warren (Morrow)
8. "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment" by Steve Harvey (Amistad)
9. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
10. "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" by Richard Dawkins (Free Press)
11. "Flat Belly Diet" by Liz Vaccariello with Cynthia Sass (Rodale)
12. "High On Arrival" by Mackenzie Phillips (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
13. "Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin" by Kathy Griffin (Ballantine Books)
14. "How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond" by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier (Harmony)
15. "Guinness World Records 2010" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell)
2. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Vision)
3. "Covet" by J.R. Ward (Signet)
4. "Heat Lightning" by John Sandford (Berkley)
5. "Born of Night" Sherrilyn Kenyon (Saint Martin's Paperbacks)
6. "The Renegade Hunter" by Lynsay Sands (Avon)
7. "True Detectives" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
8. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Pocket)
9. "From Dead to Worse" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
10. "Razor Sharp" by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
11. "Windfall: Impulse Temptation" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)
12. "Tempt Me at Twilight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
13. "Hot for the Holidays" by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Allyson James, Anya Bast (Jove)
14. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Vision)
15. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan (Little, Brown)
2. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
3. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books)
4. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
5. "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
6. "Olive Kitteredge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
7. "Push" by Sapphire (Vintage)
8. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
9. "Handle With Care: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)
10. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial)
11. "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max (Citadel)
12. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
13. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" (Garth Stein) (Harper)
14. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
15. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel (Workman)
