PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending May 14

May 22, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

2. “Buried Prey” by John Sandford (Putnam)

3. “10th Anniversary” by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. “Those in Peril” by Wilbur Smith (Thomas Dunne)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me” by Chelsea’s Family, Friends, & Other Victims (Grand Central)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. “A Place of Yes” by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson (Touchstone)

10. “Seal Team Six” by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin (St. Martin’s)

MASS MARKET

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

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

3. “Storm Prey” by John Sandford (Berkley)

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

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

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

7. “Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective” by Eric Van Lustbader (Vision)

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

9. “A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

10. “Something Blue” by Emily Giffin (St. Martin’s)

trade

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

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

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

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

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

6. “Life” by Keith Richards (LB/Back Bay)

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

8. “Lone Survivor” by Marcus Luttrell (LB/Back Bay)

9. “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)

10. “The 9th Judgment” by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Grand Central)