PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending Dec. 25

January 2, 2011 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. “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

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

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

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

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. “Sh[*]t My Dad Says” by Justin Halpern (It Books)

10. “America by Heart” by Sarah Palin (Harper)

MASS MARKET

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

2. “The Girl Who Played with Fire” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

3. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Anchor)

trade

1. “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horwitz (Scribner)

2. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)

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