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

September 13, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Alex Cross’s Trial” by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo (Little, Brown)

2. “Dark Slayer” by Christine Feehan (Berkley)

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

4. “Spartan Gold [A Fargo Adventure]” by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood (Putnam Adult)

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

6. “The White Queen” by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)

7. “Homer & Langley” by E.L. Doctorow (Random House)

8. “206 Bones: A Novel” by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

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

10. “Dead and Gone” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

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

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. “Strength in What Remains” by Tracy Kidder (Random House)

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

8. “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” by Christopher McDougall (Knopf)

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

10. “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity” by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “Scarpetta” by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)

2. “92 Pacific Boulevard: A Cedar Cove Novel” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

3. “Heat Seeker” by Lora Leigh (Saint Martin’s Paperbacks)

4. “Divine Justice” by David Baldacci (Vision)

5. “Extreme Measures” by Vince Flynn (Pocket)

6. “Hunting Ground” by Patricia Briggs (Ace)

7. “Storm of Shadows” by Christina Dodd (Signet)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books)

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

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

4. “My Life in France” by Julia Child, Alex Prud’Homme, (Anchor)

5. “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

6. “The Weight of Silence” by Heather Gudenkauf (Mira)

7. “The Lucky One” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)