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FICTION

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

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

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

4. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

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

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

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 Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper)

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

15. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

NONFICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. "Breakthrough" by Suzanne Somers (Crown)

15. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)

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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