Lifestyle

Best-Sellers


Published: November 8, 2009

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.)

2. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.)

3. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.)

4. NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.)

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

6. HEAT WAVE, by Richard Castle. (Hyperion, $19.99.)

7. WOLF HALL, by Hilary Mantel. (Holt, $27.)

8. SOUTHERN LIGHTS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.)

9. HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $26.)

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.)

2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.)

3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.)

4. TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (Viking, $32.95.)

5. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.)

6. HIGHEST DUTY, by Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.)

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

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

9. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, by Richard Dawkins. (Free Press, $30.)

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

— From the New York Times Best-Seller List