Publishers Weekly Best-sellers For the week ending Dec. 5

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “U is for Underflow” by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult)

2. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

3. “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

4. “Under the Dome” by Stephen King (Scribner)

5. “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton (Harper)

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

7. “Ford County: Stories” by John Grisham (Doubleday)

8. “Breathless” by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

9. “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

10. “The Paris Vendetta” by Steve Berry (Ballantine)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Going Rogue: An American Life” by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins)

2. “Have a Little Faith: A True Story” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

3. “Stones Into Schools” by Greg Mortenson (Viking)

4. “Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi (Knopf)

5. “True Compass” by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)

6. “Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Threshold Editions)

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

8. “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

9. “It’s Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God’s Favor” by Joel Osteen (Free Press)

10. “Half The Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “Born of Ice” by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)

2. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

3. “The Associate” by John Grisham (Dell)

4. “The Charlemagne Pursuit” by Steve Berry (Ballantine)

TRADE paperbacks

1. “Push” by Sapphire (Vintage)

2. “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company)

3. “The Shack” by William P. Young (Windblown Media)

4. “The Piano Teacher” be Janice Y.K. Lee (Penguin)