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FICTION

1. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

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

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

4. "Plum Spooky" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

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

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

7. "Agincourt" by Bernard Cornwell (Harper)

8. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)

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

10. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling (Children's High Level Group)

11. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

12. "Black Ops" by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)

13. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

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

15. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (Dial)

NONFICTION

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

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

3. "I Can Make You Thin: The Revolutionary System Used by More Than 3 Million People" by Paul McKenna (Sterling)

4. "Guilty" by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum)

5. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

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

7. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)

8. "What's Age Got to Do with It?: Living Your Healthiest and Happiest Life" by Robin McGraw (Thomas Nelson)

9. "Flat Belly Diet" by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass (Rodale Books)

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

11. "High Voltage Tattoo" by Kat Von D (Collins Design)

12. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)(NF-P)

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

14. "Why We Suck" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)

15. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin

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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