Publishers Weekly Best-sellers For the week ending Jan. 2

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

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

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

4. “Sizzle” by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)

5. “Fired Up” by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam)

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

7. “The Honor of Spies” by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)

8. “Deeper Than the Dead” by Tami Hoag (Dutton)

9. “Under the Dome” by Stephen King (Scribner)

10. “Altar of Eden” by James Rollins (Morrow)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

2. “Going Rogue” by Sarah Palin (Harper)

3. “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

4. “SuperFreakonomics” by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow)

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

6. “Open” by Andre Agassi (Knopf)

7. “ True Compass” by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)

8. “Arguing with Idiots” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

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

10. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” by Julia Child et al (Knopf)

MASS MARKET Paperbacks

1. “Street Game” by Christine Feehan (Jove)

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

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

4. “The Devil’s Punchbowl” by Greg Iles (Pocket Star)

5. “Plum Spooky” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s)

6. “Shades of Midnight” by Lara Adrian (Dell)

7. “Vanishing Act” by Fern Michaels (Zebra)

8. “The Man You’ll Marry” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

9. “Fire and Ice” by Julie Garwood (Ballantine)

10. “Forbidden Falls” by Robyn Carr (Mira)

TRADE

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

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

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

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

5. “Push” by Sapphire (Vintage)

6. “The Piano Teacher” byJanice Y.K. Lee (Penguin)

7. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (Penguin)

8. “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell (L,B/Back Bay)

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

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