Hardcover
Fiction
1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.

2. AN ECHO IN THE BONE*, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte, $30.) Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, encounter pirates on the high seas; the seventh Outlander novel.

3. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.)

4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.)

5. HOTHOUSE ORCHID*, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A CIA special agent finds that much has changed, and not for the better, when she returns to her Florida hometown.

6. SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.)

7. ALEX CROSS’S ‘TRIAL’, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. (Little, Brown, $27.99.)

8. THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD*, by Margaret Atwood. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $26.95.) In a violent future society, survivors of a pandemic make their way.

9. HARDBALL*, by Sara Paretsky. (Putnam, $26.95.) Searching for an old woman’s missing son, the Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski is plunged into the politics of the 1960s.

10. SPARTAN GOLD, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, $26.96.)

Nonfiction

1. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS*, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.

2. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.)

3. HIGH ON ARRIVAL*, by Mackenzie Phillips with HIlary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.99.) The actress and daughter of Papa John Phillips recalls a life of parties, drugs and a complicated relationship with her father.

4. AMERICAN ON PURPOSE*, by Craig Ferguson. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99.) The Scottish-born comedian describes his journey to late-night TV stardom and U.S. citizenship.

5. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH*, by Richard Dawkins. (Free Press, $30.) Evidence for evolution; a counterattack on advocates of intelligent design.

6. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer. (Doubleday, $27.95.)

7. OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION, by Kathy Griffin. (Ballantine, $25.)

8. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.)

9. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.)

10. THE CASE FOR GOD*, by Karen Armstrong. (Knopf, $27.95.) Armstrong, a former nun, seeks to rescue the idea of God from atheists and literal-minded believers alike.

Paperback
Mass-market Fiction

1. THE ASSOCIATE*, by John Grisham. (Dell, $9.99.) An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.

2. TEMPT ME AT TWILIGHT*, by Lisa Kleypas. (St. Martin’s, $7.99.) In Book 3 of the series, Poppy Hathaway accepts the proposal of an enigmatic hotel owner.

3. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell. (Berkley, $9.99.)

4. WICKED ALL DAY*, by Liz Carlyle. (Pocket, $7.99.)

5. DIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.)

6. JUST AFTER SUNSET*, by Stephen King. (Pocket, $9.99.) Short stories blending fantasy and psychological realism.

7. EXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn. (Pocket, $9.99.)

8. FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $7.99.)

9. THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central, $9.99.)

10. DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $7.99.)

* denotes first week on bestseller list

West Palm Beach Top 15 on amazon.com

1. Going Rogue: An American Life, Palin, Sarah, Hardcover, Harper Collins,

2. Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government, Beck, Glenn, Hardcover, Simon & Schuster, Entertainment

3. The Lost Symbol, Brown, Dan, Hardcover, Random House, Mystery and Thrillers

4. Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes and the Good Luck Circle, McKinney, Frank, Hardcover, Health Communications, Teens

5. The Tap, McKinney, Frank, Hardcover, Health Communications, Business and Investing

6. Burst This!: Frank McKinney’s Bubble Proof Real Estate Strategies, McKinney, Frank, Hardcover, Health Communications

7. The Help, Stockett, Kathryn, Hardcover, Penguin, Teens

8. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dover Thrift Editions), Twain, Mark, Paperback, Dover Publications, Literature and Fiction

9. The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional, Sharon Armstrong, Paperback, Career Press, Business and Investing

10. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths, Rath, Tom, Hardcover, PGW, Business and Investing

11. Eiffel’s Tower: And the World’s Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count, Jonnes, Jill, Hardcover, Penguin, History

12. Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, 2010 Edition (Private Test Preparation), Princeton Review, Paperback, Random House, Reference

13. How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times, James Wesley Rawles, Paperback, Penguin, Computers and Internet

14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Kinney, Jeff, Hardcover, Harry N. Abrams Inc., Comics and Graphic Novels

15. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, Medina, John, Paperback, Perseus Distribution, Business and Investing