New York Times Best-Seller List

Hardcover

Fiction

1. SOUTH OF BROAD*, by Pat Conroy. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; $29.95. A story of an unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, from South Carolina to San Francisco.

2. SMASH CUT*, by Sandra Brown. Simon & Schuster; $26.99. A publicity-seeking lawyer tries to get to the bottom of who murdered a wealthy executive.

3. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. Amy Einhorn/Putnam; $24.95.

4. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo. Knopf; $25.95.

5. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. Knopf; $25.95.

6. THE ELEVENTH VICTIM*, by Nancy Grace. Hyperion; $25.99. A prosecutor-turned-therapist is drawn
back to crime-fighting when her clients start getting murdered one by one.

7. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner. Atria; $26.99.

8. SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown; $27.99.

9. THE MAGICIANS*, by Lev Grossman. Viking; $26.95. After attending sorcery college, a young man lives
the hedonist’s life in Manhattan, dealing with crises, existential and otherwise.

10. THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. Putnam; $26.95.

11. INHERENT VICE, by Thomas Pynchon. Penguin Press; $27.95.

12. BAD MOON RISING, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. St. Martin’s; $24.99.

13. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $25.95.

14. BLINDMAN’S BLUFF*, by Faye Kellerman. Morrow/HarperCollins; $25.99. Decker and Lazarus become
embroiled in the case of a murdered shopping-mall magnate.

15. INTERVENTION*, by Robin Cook. Putnam; $25.95. A potentially explosive archaeological discovery reconnects a medical seeker, a biblical scholar and a New York bishop, long-ago college classmates.

Nonfiction

1. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. Regnery; $27.95.

2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown; $27.99.

3. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. Threshold Editions; $25.

4. IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. Crown; $26.

5. CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Harper/HarperCollins; $26.99.

6. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley. Harper/HarperCollins; $34.99.

7. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. Broadway; $26.

8. THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA, 2008, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. Viking; $29.95.

9. MY JOURNEY WITH FARRAH*, by Alana Stewart. Morrow/HarperCollins; $23.99. A story of Stewart’s 30-year friendship with Farrah Fawcett, through marriage, motherhood, faith and illness.

10. IN FED WE TRUST, by David Wessel. Crown Business; $26.99.

11. MICHAEL JACKSON, by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Grand Central; $18.99.

12. BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. Knopf; $24.95.

13. ZEITOUN*, by Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s; $24. A story of the travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.

14. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. Doubleday; $25.

15. BOBBY AND JACKIE, by C. David Heymann. Atria; $26.

Paperback

Mass Market Fiction

1. THE QUICKIE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Vision; $7.99.

2. DEAN KOONTZ’S FRANKENSTEIN: DEAD AND ALIVE, by Dean Koontz. Bantam; $9.99.

3. DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

4. SMOKE SCREEN, by Sandra Brown. Pocket; $9.99.

5. FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

6. CHOSEN TO DIE, by Lisa Jackson. Zebra; $7.99.

7. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. Pocket; $7.99.

8. CLUB DEAD, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

9. THE ASSASSIN*, by Stephen Coonts. St. Martin’s; $9.99. A top Qaeda terrorist pursues Western leaders.

10. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

11. DEAD TO THE WORLD, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

12. MASTERED BY LOVE, by Stephanie Laurens. Avon/HarperCollins; $7.99.

13. DEAD AS A DOORNAIL, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

14. WYOMING BRIDES, by Debbie Macomber. Mira; $7.99.

15. DEFINITELY DEAD, by Charlaine Harris. Ace; $7.99.

West Palm Beach top 10 books on Amazon.com last week

1. How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud, by Ken Fisher. John Wiley & Sons. Business and Investing

2. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, by American Psychological Association. APA. Health, Mind and Body

3. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson. Penguin. Biographies and Memoirs

4. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Random House. Mysteries and Thrillers

5. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change
(Resources for Changing Lives) by Paul David Tripp. P & R Publishing. Religion and Spirituality

6. Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One by Julia Child. Random House. Cooking, Food and Wine.

7. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Penguin. Teens

8. The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life
by A.W. Tozer. Harper Collins. Religion and Spirituality

9. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies
by Michelle Malkin. Perseus Distribution. Nonfiction

10. As a Man Thinketh (Dover Empower Your Life Series) by James Allen. Dover Publications. Religion and Spirituality

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