Best-selling books

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Aug. 9, 2009

1. “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” Stieg Larsson (Knopf, $25.95)

2. “The Defector,” Daniel Silva (Putnam, $26.95)

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

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

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

6. “Twenties Girl,” Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $26)

7. “Hot Pursuit,” Suzanne Brockmann (Ballantine, $26)

8. “ Black Hills,” Nora Roberts (Putnam, $26.95)

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

10. “Dead and Gone,” Charlaine Harris (Ace, $25.95)

1. “Culture of Corruption,” Michelle Malkin (Regnery, $27.95)

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Game Plan for Life,” Joe Gibbs with Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House, $24.99)

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

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

10. “The Wilderness Warrior,” Douglas Brinkley (Harper, $34.99)

1. “Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Dead and Alive,” Dean Koontz (Bantam, $9.99)

2. “Mastered by Love,” Stephanie Laurens (Avon, $7.99)

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

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

5. “Destined for an Early Grave,” Jeaniene Frost (Avon, $7.99)

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

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

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

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

5. “The Weight of Silence,” Heather Gudenkauf (Mira, $13.95)