PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending Dec. 18

December 26, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood (Putnam)

2. “The Confession” by John Grisham (Doubleday)

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

4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

5. “Full Dark, No Stars” by Stephen King (Scribner)

6. “Port Mortuary” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

7. “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

8. “Fall of Giants” by Ken Follett (Dutton)

9. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)

10. “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Decision Points” by George W. Bush (Crown)

2. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

3. “Life” by Keith Richards (Little, Brown)

4. “Earth [The Book]” by Jon Stewart (Grand Central)

5. “Autobiography of Mark Twain” edited by Harriet Elinor Smith (Univ. of Calif. Press)

6. “Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)

7. “Cleopatra” by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown)

8. “Decoded” by Jay-Z (Spiegel & Grau)

9. “Broke” by Glenn Beck (Threshold)

10. “Straight Talk, No Chaser” by Steve Harvey (Amistad)