PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS \ For the week ending Sept. 12

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

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

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

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

5. “Spartan Gold” by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood (Putnam Adult)

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

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

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

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

10. “Dexter by Design: A Novel” by Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin” by Kathy Griffin (Ballantine Books)

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

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

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

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

6. “The Conversation: How Black Men and Women can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships” by Hill Harper (Gotham)

7. “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)

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

9. “The 50th Law” by 50 Cent and Robert Greene (HarperStudio)

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