HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn)

2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

3. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Putnam Adult)

4. "The Swan Thieves" by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)

5. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

6. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

7. "Impact" by Douglas Preston (Forge)

8. "Deeper Than the Dead" by Tami Hoag (Dutton Adult)

9. "Noah's Compass" by Anne Tyler (Knopf)

10. "Treasure Hunt" by John Lescroart (Dutton Adult)

11. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

12. "U is for Undertow" by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult)

13. "Roses" by Leila Meacham (Grand Central Publishing)

14. "I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel" by Stephen Hunter (Simon & Schuster)

15. "Not My Daughter" by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" by John Hellermann and Mark Halperin (Harper)

2. "Committed" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)

3. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

4. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins)

5. "The Full Plate Diet: Slim Down, Look Great, Be Healthy" by Stuart A Steale M.D. and Teresa Sherard and Diana Fleming (Bard Press)

6. "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson (Viking)

7. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

8. "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

9. "The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight" by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Good Books)

10. "The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have Fun" by Gretchen Rubin (Harper)

11. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

12. "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right" by Atul Gawande (Metropolitan Books)

13. "You: On a Diet, Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)

14. "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead)

15. "Open: An Autobiography" by Andre Agassi (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

2. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)

3. "The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles (Pocket Star)

4. "Plum Spooky" Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks)

5. "Street Game" by Christine Feehan (Jove)

6. "Black Ops" by W.E.B. Griffin (Jove)

7. "Vanishing Act" by Fern Michaels (Zebra)

8. "Terminal Freeze" by Lincoln Child (Anchor)

9. "Fire and Ice" by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)

10. "The Man You'll Marry" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

11. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell)

12. "The Second Opinion" by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's Paperbacks)

13. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Vision)

14. "Bitten by Cupid" by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer and Jaime Rush (Avon)

15. "Early Dawn" by Catherine Robertson (Signet)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

2. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)

3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

4. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

5. "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company)

6. "True Colors" by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin)

7. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)

8. "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual" by Michael Pollan (Penguin)

9. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)

10. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)

11. "Cook This Not That!: Kitchen Survival Guide" by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding ( Rodale Books)

12. "Olive Kitteredge" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House Trade Paperback)

13. "The Belly Fat Cure" by Jorge Cruise (Hay House)

14. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein (Harper)

15. "The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2010" by Allan Borushek (Family Health)

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