Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

November 8, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

For the week ending Oct. 31:

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Gathering Storm [Wheel of Time]” by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (TOR Books)

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

3. “True Blue” by David Baldacci (Grand Central)

4. “The Scarpetta Factor” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult)

5. “Pursuit of Honor: A Novel” by Vince Flynn (Atria)

6. “Last Night in Twisted River” by John Irving (Random House)

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

8. “Nine Dragons” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

9. “Grave Secret” by Charlaine Harris (Berkley)

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “The Book of Baseball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons (ESPN)

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

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

4. “What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

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

6. “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl” by Ree Drummond (William Morrow Cookbooks)

7. “Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer — And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place” by Suzanne Somers (Crown Publishing)

8. “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves” by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking)

9. “True Compass: A Memoir” by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)

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