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FICTION

1. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown for Young Readers)

4. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

5. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

6. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

7. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

8. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

9. "The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)

10. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)

11. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

12. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner)

13. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

14. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam Adult)

15. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper)

NONFICTION

1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

2. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

3. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter (Grand Central Publishing)

4. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House)

5. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)

6. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)

7. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)

8. "The Purpose of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)

9. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)

10. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)

11. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

12. "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)

13. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)

14. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC)

15. "No Limits: The Will to Succeed" by Michael Phelps and Alan Abrahamson (Free Press)

The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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