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This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

By McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Source: MCT News Service

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2010 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Worst Case. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2

2. The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $24.95

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 36

3. The Lost Symbol. Dan Brown. Doubleday, $29.95

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 21

4. Winter Garden. Kristin Hannah. St. Martin's, $26.99

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 2

5. Flirt. Laurell K. Hamilton. Berkley, $23.95

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2

6. Poor Little Bitch Girl. Jackie Collins. St. Martin's, $26.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

7. Brava, Valentine. Adriana Trigiani. Harper, $25.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

8. The Postmistress. Sarah Blake. Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $25.95

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

9. Kisser. Stuart Woods. Putnam, $25.95

Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 4

10. The Midnight House. Alex Berenson. Putnam, $25.95

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

11. Secrets of Eden. Chris Bohjalian. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $26

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2

12. Roses. Leila Meacham. Grand Central, $24.99

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 5

13. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $25.95

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 17

14. The Swan Thieves. Elizabeth Kostova. Little, Brown, $26.99

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 5

15. I, Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99

Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 12

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Game Change. John Heilemann & Mark Halperin. Harper, $27.99

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 5

2. The Politician. Andrew Young. St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, $24.99X

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3

3. Staying True. Jenny Sanford. Ballantine, $25

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 2

4. I Am Ozzy. Ozzy Osbourne. Grand Central, $26.99

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 3

5. On the Brink. Henry M. Paulson Jr. Business Plus, $28.99

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2

6. Have a Little Faith. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $23.99

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 19

7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Crown, $26

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2

8. Willie Mays. James S. Hirsch. Scribner, $30

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

9. Committed. Elizabeth Gilbert. Viking, $26.95

Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 6

10. The Kind Diet. Alicia Silverstone. Rodale, $29.99

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 3

11. Stones into Schools. Greg Mortenson. Viking, $26.95

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 10

12. So Long, Insecurity. Beth Moore. Tyndale, $24.99

Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 2

13. The Happiness Project. Gretchen Rubin. Harper, $25.99

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 7

14. Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99

Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 63

15. Going Rogue. Sarah Palin. Harper, $28.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 11

MASS MARKET

1. Dear John. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $7.99

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 12

2. The Lovely Bones. Alice Sebold. Little, Brown, $7.99

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 15

3. The Scarecrow. Michael Connelly. Grand Central, $9.99X

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 3

4. First Drop of Crimson. Jeaniene Frost. Avon, $7.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

5. Hot Rocks. Nora Roberts. Jove, $7.99

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 3

6. Shutter Island. Dennis Lehane. Harper, $7.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 4

7. The Silent Man. Alex Berenson. Jove, $9.99

Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 3

8. Night and Day. Robert B. Parker. Berkley, $9.99

Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 2

9. Back in Black. Lori Foster. Berkley, $7.99

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2

10. The Elusive Bride. Stephanie Laurens. Avon, $7.99

Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 3

11. Archangel's Kiss. Nalini Singh. Berkley, $7.99

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 2

12. One Day at a Time. Danielle Steel. Dell, $7.99, $7.99

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 2

13. Angel's Peak. Robyn Carr. Mira, $7.99

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3

14. The Devil's Punchbowl. Greg Iles. Pocket Star, $9.99

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 7

15. Pursuit. Karen Robards. Signet, $7.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

TRADE

1. A Reliable Wife. Robert Goolrick. Algonquin, $14.95

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 6

2. The Last Song. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $14.99

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3

3. Food Rules. Michael Pollan. Penguin, $11

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 6

4. Dear John. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $13.99

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 7

5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $14.95

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 33

6. The Lost City of Z. David Grann. Vintage, $15.95

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 3

7. The Lovely Bones. Alice Sebold. L,B/Back Bay, $14.99

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 8

8. The Blind Side. Michael Lewis. Norton, $13.95

Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 14

9. Shanghai Girls. Lisa See. Random House, $15

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 2

10. The Shack. William P. Young. Windblown Media, $14.99

Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 96

11. The Time Traveler's Wife. Audrey Niffenegger. Mariner Books, $14.95

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 78

12. Three Cups of Tea. Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. Penguin, $15

Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 123

13. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Garth Stein. Harper, $14.99

Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 35

14. Sarah's Key. Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95

Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 10

15. Cook This, Not That! Kitchen Survival Guide. David Zinczenko & Matt Goulding. Rodale, $19.99

Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 4

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(c) 2010, Reed Elsevier, USA

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