PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS | Week ending Aug. 20

August 28, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Omen Machine” by Terry Goodkind (Tor)

2. “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

3. “Full Black” by Brad Thor (Atria)

4. “Cold Vengeance” by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Grand Central)

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

6. “Ghost Story” by Jim Butcher (Roc)

7. “The Ideal Man” by Julie Garwood (Dutton)

8. “Victory and Honor” by W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam)

9. “Portrait of a Spy” by Daniel Silva (Harper)

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “A Stolen Life” by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)

2. “The 17 Day Diet” by Dr. Mike Moreno (Free Press)

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

4. “Prime Time” by Jane Fonda (Random House)

5. “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson (Crown)

6. “Go the F*** to Sleep” by Adam Mansbach, illus. by Ricardo Cortes (Akashic)

7. “After America” by Mark Steyn (Regnery)

8. “1493” by Charles C. Mann (Knopf)

9. “The Dukan Diet” by Dr. Pierre Dukan (Crown)

10. “The Greater Journey” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)

MASS MARKET

1. “The Confession” by John Grisham (Dell)

2. “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

3. “A Clash of Kings” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

4. “Private” by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Vision)

TRADE

1. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Berkley)

2. “Heaven Is for Real” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)

3. “One Day” by David Nicholls (Vintage)

4. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway)