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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
The Associated Press
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)
3. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
4. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)
5. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
6. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
7. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown) (F-H)
8. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (NF-H)
9. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
10. "Witch & Wizard" by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (Little, Brown)
11. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) (F-H)
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12. "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)
13. "Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Threshold Editions) (NF-H)
14. "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company) (NF-P)
15. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)
16. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-P)
17. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
18. "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton (Harper) (F-H)
19. "U is for Underflow" by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
20. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn) (F-H)
21. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)
22. "Guinness World Records 2010" by Guinness World Records (Guinness) (NF-H)
23. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)
24. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (F-H)
25. "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (HarperTrophy) (F-P)
26. "Open: An Autobiography" by Andre Agassi (Knopf) (NF-H)
27. "Precious" by Sapphire (Vintage)
28. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) (F-H)
29. "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow) (NF-H)
30. "True Compass" by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve) (NF-H)
31. "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson (Viking) (NF-H)
32. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (F-P)
33. "The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda B. Bell (CCA & B) (F-H)
34. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
35. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)
36. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown) (NF-H)
37. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
38. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)
39. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I" by Julia Child and Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle (Knopf)
40. "New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion" by Mark Cotta Vaz (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
41. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)
42. "Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas" by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins) (F-H)
43. "Worth The Risk" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
44. "The Twilight Saga" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers)
45. "Tempted" by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)
46. "Breathless" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)
47. "ItÂs Your Time" by Joel Osteen (Free Press)
48. "Bed of Roses" by Nora Roberts (Berkley) (F-P)
49. "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin)
50. "The Piano Teacher: A Novel" by Janice Y. K. Lee (Penguin)
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