Best-selling books

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Aug. 23, 2009

1. “South of Broad,” Pat Conroy (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, $29.95)

2. “Smash Cut,” Sandra Brown (Simon and Schuster $26.99)

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

4. “That Old Cape Magic,” Richard Russo (Knopf, $25.95)

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

6. “The Eleventh Victim,” Nancy Grace (Hyperion, $25.99)

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

8. “The Magicians,” Lev Grossman (Viking, $26.95)

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

10. “Bad Moon Rising,” Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s, $24.99)

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

2. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” Julia Child et al. (Knopf, $40)

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

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

5. “In the President’s Secret Service,” Ronald Kessler (Crown, $26)

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

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

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

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

10. “How Did That Happen?” Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Portfolio, $16.95)

1. “The Quickie,” James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Vision, $7.99)

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

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

4. “ From Dead to Worse,” Charlaine Harris (Ace, $7.99)

5. “Club Dead,” Charlaine Harris (Ace, $7.99)

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

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

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