Publishers Weekly Best-sellers For the week ending Dec. 12

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Divine Misdemeanors” by Laurell K. Hamilton ( Ballantine)

8. “The Christmas Sweater” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

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

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

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

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

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

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. “Guinness World Records 2010” by Guinness World Records (Guinness)

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

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

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

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

3. “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)

4. “Cross Country” by James Patterson (Vision)

TRADE paperbacks

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

2. “Push” by Sapphire (Vintage)

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

4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)