Best-selling books

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Dec. 20, 2009

1. “The Lost Symbol,” Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95)

2. “U Is for Undertow,” Sue Grafton (Putnam, $27.95)

3. “I, Alex Cross,” James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99)

4. “Under the Dome,” Stephen King (Scribner, $35)

5. “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $24.95)

6. “Pirate Latitudes,” Michael Crichton (Harper, $27.99)

7. “Divine Misdemeanors,” Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine, $26)

8. “The Christmas Sweater,” Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, $19.99)

9. “Ford County,” John Grisham (Doubleday, $24)

10. “The Last Song,” Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $24.99)

1. “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin (Harper, $28.99)

2. “Have a Little Faith,” Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $23.99)

3. “Stones into Schools,” Greg Mortenson (Viking, $26.95)

4. “Arguing with Idiots,” Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, $29.99)

5. “Open,” Andre Agassi (Knopf, $28.95)

6. “True Compass,” Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve, $35)

7. “SuperFreakonomics,” Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $29.99)

8. “What the Dog Saw,” Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99)

9. “Guinness World Records 2010,” Guinness World Records (Guinness, $28.95)

10. “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99)

1. “Dear John,” Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $7.99)

2. “The Associate,” John Grisham (Dell, $9.99)

3. “The Road,” Cormac McCarthy (Vintage, $7.99)

4. “Cross Country,” James Patterson (Vision, $9.99)

5. “Arctic Drift,” Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Berkley, $9.99)

1. “The Blind Side,” Michael Lewis (Norton, $13.95)

2. “Push,” Sapphire (Vintage, $13)

3. “The Shack,” William P. Young (Windblown Media, $14.99)

4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Stieg Larsson (Vintage, $14.95)

5. “The Piano Teacher,” Janice Y.K. Lee (Penguin, $15)