Best-Sellers \ Publishers Weekly

For the week ending Aug. 15:

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “South of Broad” by Pat Conroy (Nan A. Talese)

2. “Smash Cut” by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)

3. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)

4. “That Old Cape Magic: A Novel” by Richard Russo (Knopf)

5. “The Girl Who Played With Fire” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

6. “The Eleventh Victim” by Nancy Grace (Hyperion)

7. “Best Friends Forever” by Jennifer Weiner (Atria)

8. “The Magicians: a Novel” by Lev Grossman (Viking)

9. “Swimsuit” by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

10. “Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel” by Sherrilyn Kenyon, (St. Martin’s)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies” by Michelle Malkin (Regnery Publishing)

2. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I” by Julia Child, Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle (Knopf)

3. “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment” by Steve Harvey (Amistad)

4. “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

5. “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)

6. “Catastrophe” by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (Harper)

7. “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)

8. “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

9. “Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!” by Jillian Michaels and Mariska van Aalst (Crown)

10. “How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way” by Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Portfolio)