Best-sellers

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Oct. 11, 2009

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

2. “An Echo in the Bone,” Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $30)

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

4. “Rough Country,” John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95)

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

6. “ Her Fearful Symmetry,” Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner, $26.99)

7. “The Perfect Christmas,” Debbie Macomber (Mira, $16.95)

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

1. “Have a Little Faith,” Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $23.99)

2. “Arguing with Idiots,” Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, $29.99)

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

4. “The Time of My Life,” Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi (Atria, $26)

5. “The Murder of King Tut,” James Patterson and Martin Dugard (Little, Brown, $26.99)

6. “High on Arrival,” Mackenzie Phillips (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.99)

7. “Where Men Win Glory,” Jon Krakauer (Doubleday, $27.95)

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

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

2. “ Covet,” J.R. Ward (Signet, $7.99)

3. “ Cross Country,” James Patterson (Vision, $9.99)

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

5. “ Razor Sharp,” Fern Michaels (Zebra, $7.99)

1. “ Say You’re One of Them,” Uwem Akpan (Little, Brown and Company/Back Bay, $14.99)

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

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

4. “ Handle With Care,” Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press, $16)

5. “ The Glass Castle,” Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $15)