Best-sellers for week of Sept. 24
Here are the week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly. As always, you can find reviews of many of these books here at The Book Nook.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
2. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)
4. "Alex Cross's Trial" by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo (Little, Brown)
5. "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy (Nan A. Talese)
6. "Spartan Gold" by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood (Putnam Adult)
7. "The White Queen" by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)
8. "Dead and Gone" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
9. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
10. "Dark Slayer" by Christine Feehan (Berkley)
11. "206 Bones: A Novel" by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
12. "The Eleventh Victim" by Nancy Grace (Hyperion)
13. "A Gate at the Stairs" by Lorrie Moore (Knopf)
14. "Homer & Langley" by E. L. Doctorow (Random House)
15. "Dexter by Design: A Novel" by Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "True Compass: A Memoir" by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)
2. "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday)
3. "What Happy Working Mothers Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance" by Cathy L. Greenberg, Barrett S. Avigdor (Wiley)
4. "Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin" by Kathy Griffin (Ballantine Books)
5. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, and Sidonie Coryn (Alfred A. Knopf)
6. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
7. "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies" by Michelle Malkin (Regnery Publishing)
8. "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment" by Steve Harvey (Amistad)
9. "The Conversation: How Black Men and Women can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships" by Hill Harper (Gotham)
10. "Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto" by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)
11. "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect" by Ronald Kessler (Crown)
12. "End the Fed" by Ron Paul (Grand Central)
13. "Guinness World Records 2010" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
14. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
15. "Shooting Stars" by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger (Penguin Press)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
2. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Vision)
3. "92 Pacific Boulevard: A Cedar Cove Novel" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
4. "Extreme Measures" by Vince Flynn (Pocket)
5. "From Dead to Worse" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
6. "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly (Grand Central)
7. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
8. "A Good Woman" by Danielle Steel (Dell)
9. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision)
10. "Club Dead" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
11. "Dead to the World" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
12. "Hunting Ground" by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
13. "Dead as a Doornail" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
14. "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins)
15. "Living Dead in Dallas" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books)
2. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
4. "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
5. "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan (Little, Brown)
6. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial)
7. "Olive Kitteredge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
8. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
9. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
10. "Handle With Care: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)
11. "My Life in France" by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme (Anchor)
12. "Push" by Sapphire (Vintage)
13. "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max (Citadel)
14. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein (Harper)
15."Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
