PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending May 7

May 15, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Dead Reckoning” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

2. “10th Anniversary” by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

3. “The Sixth Man” by David Baldacci (Grand Central)

4. “Sixkill” by Robert B. Parker (Putnam)

5. “The Land of Painted Caves” by Jean M. Auel (Crown)

6. “I’ll Walk Alone” by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)

7. “The Fifth Witness” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

8. “Chasing Fire” by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

9. “A Turn in the Road” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

10. “Caleb’s Crossing” by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Bossypants” by Tina Fey (LB/Reagan Arthur)

2. “Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?” by Steven Tyler with David Dalton (Ecco)

3. “If You Ask Me [and of Course You Won’t]” by Betty White (Putnam)

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

5. “Stories I Only Tell My Friends” by Rob Lowe (Holt)

6. “From This Moment On” by Shania Twain (Atria)

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

8. “20 Years Younger” by Bob Greene (Little, Brown)

9. “Guy Fieri Food” by Guy Fieri (Morrow)

10. “A Singular Woman” by Janny Scott (Riverhead)

MASS MARKET

1. “Worth Dying For” by Lee Child (Dell)

2. “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)

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

4. “The Search” by Nora Roberts (Jove)

5. “Something Borrowed” by Emily Giffin (St. Martin’s)

trade

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

2. “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)

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

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

5. “A Visit from the Goon Squad” by Jennifer Egan (Anchor)