Best-selling books

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Dec. 13, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. “Breathless,” Dean Koontz (Bantam, $28)

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

10. “The Paris Vendetta,” Steve Berry (Ballantine, $26)

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

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

6. “Arguing With Idiots,” Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, $29.99)

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

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

9. “It’s Your Time,” Joel Osteen (Free Press, $25)

10. “ Half the Sky,” Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Knopf, $27.95)

1. “Born of Ice,” Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s, $7.99)

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

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

4. “ The Charlemagne Pursuit,” Steve Berry (Ballantine, $9.99)

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

1. “Push,” Sapphire (Vintage, $13)

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

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

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

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