Best-sellers Publishers Weekly

February 7, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

For the week ending Saturday, Jan. 30, as compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

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

3. “Kisser” by Stuart Woods (Putnam)

4. “Blood Ties” by Kay Hooper (Bantam)

5. “The First Rule” by Robert Crais (Putnam)

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

7. “The Swan Thieves” by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Game Change” by John Heilemann & Mark Halperin (Harper)

2. “I Am Ozzy” by Ozzy Osbourne (Grand Central)

3. “The Kind Diet” by Alicia Silverstone (Rodale)

4. “The Politician” by Andrew Young (St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne)

5. “Committed” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)

6. “Have a Little Faith” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

7. “Stones into Schools” by Greg Mortenson (Viking)

8. “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

MASS MARKET Paperbacks

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

2. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold. (Little, Brown)

3. “Hot Rocks” by Nora Roberts (Jove)

4. “The Elusive Bride” by Stephanie Laurens (Avon)

5. “McKettricks of Texas: Tate” by Linda Lael Miller (HQN)

6. “Angel’s Peak” by Robyn Carr (Mira)

7. “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly (Grand Central)

8. “Star Wars: Crosscurrent” by Paul S. Kemp (LucasBooks)

TRADE Paperbacks

1. “A Reliable Wife” by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin)

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

3. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold (L,B/Back Bay)

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

5. “Food Rules” by Michael Pollan (Penguin)

6. “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis (Norton)

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

8. “The Lost City of Z” by David Grann (Vintage)

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