Best sellers

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Dec. 26, 2010

1. “Dead or Alive,” Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood (Putnam, $28.95)

2. “The Confession,” John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95)

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

4. “ The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” Stieg Larsson (Knopf, $27.95)

5. “Full Dark, No Stars,” Stephen King (Scribner, $27.99)

6. “Port Mortuary,” Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $27.95)

7. “Freedom,” Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28)

8. “Fall of Giants,” Ken Follett (Dutton, $36)

9. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” David Sedaris (Little, Brown, $21.99)

10. “Safe Haven,” Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $25.99)

1. “Decision Points,” George W. Bush (Crown, $35)

2. “Unbroken,” Laura Hillenbrand (Random House, $27)

3. “Life,” Keith Richards (Little, Brown, $29.99)

4. “Earth (The Book),” Jon Stewart (Grand Central, $27.99)

5. “Autobiography of Mark Twain,” Mark Twain, edited by Harriet Elinor Smith (University of California Press, $34.95)

6. “Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?” Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35)

7. “Cleopatra,” Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown, $29.99)

8. “Decoded,” Jay-Z (Spiegel and Grau, $35)

9. “Broke,” Glenn Beck (Threshold, $29.99)

10. “Straight Talk, No Chaser” Steve Harvey (Amistad, $24.99)

1. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Stieg Larsson (Vintage, $7.99)

2. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” Stieg Larsson (Vintage, $7.99)

3. “The Lost Symbol,” Dan Brown (Anchor, $9.99)

1. “Inside of a Dog,” Alexandra Horwitz (Scribner, $16)