New York Times Best-Seller List
Hardcover
Fiction
1. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE*, by Stieg Larsson. Knopf; $25.95. A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.

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

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

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

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

6. TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella. Dial; $26.)

7. HOT PURSUIT*, by Suzanne Brockmann. Ballantine; $26. Alyssa Locke, the team leader of a security agency, is captured by a serial killer.

8. BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts. Putnam; $26.95.

9. FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s; $27.95.

10. FIRE AND ICE, by J. A. Jance. Morrow/HarperCollins; $25.99.

Nonfiction

1. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION*, by Michelle Malkin. Regnery; $27.95. A story about President Obama and his team of tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.

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

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

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

5. UNMASKED, by Ian Halperin. Simon Spotlight Entertainment; $25.

6. THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler. Rodale; $25.95.

7. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR*, by Douglas Brinkley. Harper/HarperCollins; $34.99. The story of Theodore Roosevelt’s crusade for conservation.

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

9. A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson. Crown Business; $27.

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

Paperback
Mass-market fiction

1. DEAN KOONTZ’S FRANKENSTEIN: DEAD AND ALIVE*, by Dean Koontz. Bantam; $9.99. Book No. 3 in a reimagining of the classic tale.

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

3. MASTERED BY LOVE*, by Stephanie Laurens. Avon/HarperCollins; $7.99. The leader of the Bastion Club takes on a dangerous mission: marriage.

4. CHOSEN TO DIE, by Lisa Jackson. Zebra; $7.99. Detective Regan Pescoli is kidnapped by the killer whose case she has been working on for months.

5. THE QUICKIE*, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Vision; $7.99. A police officer’s attempt to get back at her husband goes dangerously awry.

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

7. DESTINED FOR AN EARLY GRAVE*, by Jeaniene Frost. Avon/HarperCollins, $7.99. Cat Crawfield is terrorized by a powerful vampire.

8. PROMISES IN DEATH*, by J. D. Robb. Berkley; $7.99. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a murder. (By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.)

9. THE BRIDEGROOM*, by Linda Lael Miller. HQN; $7.99. A story of passion and adventure on the Arizona frontier.

10. WYOMING BRIDES, by Debbie Macomber. Mira; $7.99. A reissue of Denim and Diamonds (1989) and The Wyoming Kid (2006).

West Palm Beach Top 10 books on Amazon.com Last Week

1 Super Study Skills (Scholastic Guides) Rozakis, Laurie Paperback Scholastic Children’s Books

2 Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Vol 1) Julia Child Hardcover Random House Cooking, Food and Wine

3 In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect, Kessler, Ronald Hardcover Random House Nonfiction

4 Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine Beck, Glenn Paperback Simon & Schuster Nonfiction

5 Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God. Chan, Francis, Paperback, David C. Cook, Religion and Spirituality

6 Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones, Somers, Suzanne, Paperback, Random House, Health, Mind and Body

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

8 South of Broad, Conroy, Pat, Hardcover, Random House, Literature and Fiction

9 How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud (Fisher Investments Press), Fisher, Ken, Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons, Business and Investing

10 The Help, Stockett, Kathryn, Hardcover, Penguin, Teens

11 The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Paperback, Houghton Mifflin, Science Fiction and Fantasy

12 The Best Seller!: The New Psychology of Selling and Persuading People, Willingham, Ron, Paperback, Penguin, Business and Investing

13 212: The Extra Degree, Sam Parker, Paperback, Business and Investing

14 Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, Stephen C. Lundin, Hardcover, Hyperion, Business and Investing

15 The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living, Telushkin, Joseph, Hardcover, Random House, Religion and Spirituality