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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending Dec. 26
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
2. “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
3. “Under the Dome” by Stephen King (Scribner)
4. “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton (Harper)
5. “U is for Underflow” by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult)
6. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn)
7. “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
8. “Ford County: Stories” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
9. “The Christmas Sweater” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
10. “Breathless” by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. “Going Rogue: An American Life” by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins)
2. “Have a Little Faith: A True Story” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
3. “True Compass” by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)
4. “Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Threshold Editions)
5. “Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi (Knopf)
6. “SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance” by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)
7. “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
8. “Stones Into Schools” by Greg Mortenson (Viking)
9. “Guinness World Records 2010” by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
10. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” by Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck (Knopf)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
2. “The Associate” by John Grisham (Dell)
3. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
4. “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)
5. “Arctic Drift” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Berkley)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company)
2. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
3. “The Shack” by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
4. “The Piano Teacher” be Janice Y.K. Lee (Penguin)
5. “Push” by Sapphire (Vintage)