| Fiction | Weeks on list | |
| 1. | The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Doubleday: $26.95) A novelist in 1920s Barcelona takes a dangerous writing assignment. | 3 |
| 2. | Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles. | 6 |
| 3. | Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown: $27.99)A supermodel disappears from a photo shoot in Hawaii. | 2 |
| 4. | Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's: $27.95) A witness enters a barbecue competition to uncover the killer of a contestant. | 3 |
| 5. | The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $27.99) A recently downsized reporter investigates a serial killer who uses his computer job to find his victims. | 6 |
| 6. | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the "Twilight" saga finds Bella choosing immortality. | 49 |
| 7. | Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. | 52 |
| 8. | Black Hills by Nora Roberts (Putnam: $26.95) Two childhood friends return to South Dakota to find love and revisit an unsolved murder. | 1 |
| 9. | The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town. | 6 |
| 10. | Hancock Park by Isabel Kaplan (Publisher: $16.99) A 16-year-old attempts to stay sane living in the shadow of Hollywood. | 1 |
| 11. | Queen Takes King by Gigi Levangie Grazer (Simon & Schuster: $25.99) An ex-ballerina and real estate tycoon battle it out after 25 years of marriage. | 1 |
| 12. | Doomsday Key by James Rollins (William Morrow: $27.99) Three murders reveal an ancient secret threatening the existence of mankind. | 2 |
| 13. | The Apostle by Brad Thor (Atria: $26.99) A covert operative must free an al-Qaeda terrorist in exchange for a kidnapped American doctor. | 1 |
| 14. | The Bourne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central: $27.99) Presumed dead, Jason Bourne takes on a new identity to track down his assassin. | 2 |
| 15. | Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace: $25.95) Sookie Stackhouse finds herself a pawn in a war with a race of unhuman beings. | 5 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) An exploration of the background of high achievers. | 32 |
| 2. | Catastrophe by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Harper: $26.99) A call to prevent President Obama from transforming America into a socialist state. | 3 |
| 3. | The Waxman Report by Henry Waxman and Joshua Green (Twelve: $24.99) The congressman from L.A. gives insight on his 35 years in the House. | 1 |
| 4. | Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality's call to revitalize the conservative vision in America | 15 |
| 5. | Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey ( Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. | 23 |
| 6. | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor's terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life's moments. | 62 |
| 7. | A Bright and Guilty Place by Richard Rayner (Doubleday: $25) The intertwined stories of an ambitious young lawyer, prime suspect in a mob murder, and a police photographer paint a picture of early 20th century L.A. | 1 |
| 8. | Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton (Scribner: $28) A unit of Special Forces soldiers pursues the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. | 6 |
| 9. | Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley (Twelve: $24.99) The son of William F. and Patricia Buckley tells of life with the high-powered couple and how he coped with their deaths. | 10 |
| 10. | Excuses Begone by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House: $24.95) Advice on achieving success and happiness by changing self-defeating habits. | 5 |
| 11. | Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad (Ecco: $25.99) The son of a daredevil tells of his life on the edge and how he survived a deadly plane crash. | 4 |
| 12. | Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano (Nation Books: $26.95) A history of the world told through tales of artists, writers and visionaries. | 5 |
| 13 | The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life's secrets, distilled. | 115 |
| 14. | How to Win a Cosmic War by Reza Aslan (Random House: $26) An exploration of the ideologies behind jihadism and why we shouldn't cast conflicts in good-versus-evil terms. | 2 |
| 15. | Renegade by Richard Wolffe (Crown: $26) A behind-the-scenes look at Barack Obama's life as a presidential candidate. | 4 |
