Best-selling books

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Aug. 2, 2009

1. “The Defector,” Daniel Silva (Putnam, $26.99)

2. “Best Friends Forever,” Jennifer Weiner (Atria, $26.99)

3. “Swimsuit,” James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99)

4. “Twenties Girl,” Sophie Kinsella (St. Martin’s, $27.95)

5. “ Black Hills,” Nora Roberts (Dial, $26)

6. “Finger Lickin’ Fifteen,” Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $27.95)

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

8. “Fire and Ice,” J.A. Jance (Morrow, $25.99)

9. “Rain Gods,” James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster, $25.99)

10. “The Doomsday Key,” James Rollins (Morrow, $27.99)

1. “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,” Steve Harvey (Amistad, $23.99)

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

3. “Liberty and Tyranny,” Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions, $25)

4. “Unmasked,” Ian Halperin (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25)

5. “Catastrophe,” Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Harper, $26)

6. “The Last Lecture,” Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95)

7. “Master Your Metabolism,” Jillian Michaels (Crown, $26)

8. “Bobby and Jackie,” C. David Heymann (Atria, $26)

9. “The Accidental Billionaires,” Ben Mezrich (Doubleday, $25)

10. “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,” Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson (Crown Business, $27)

1. “ My Sister’s Keeper,” Jodi Picoult (Pocket, $7.99)

2. “Smoke Screen,” Sandra Brown (Pocket, $9.99)

3. “TailSpin,” Catherine Coulter (Jove, $7.99)

4. “Dead Until Dark,” Charlaine Harris (Ace, $7.99)

5. “Moscow Rules,” Daniel Silva (Signet, $9.99)

1. “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner, $14.95)

2. “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense,” Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, $11.99)

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

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

5. “Julia and Julia,” Julie Powell (Little, Brown, and Company, $14.99)