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Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)

2. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (NF-H)

3. "Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (NF-H)

4. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell)(F-P)

5. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

6. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Vision) (F-P)

7. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

8. "The Time of My Life" by Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi (Atria) (NF-H)

9. "Razor Sharp" by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)

10. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)

11. "Born of Night" Sherrilyn Kenyon (Saint Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

12. "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (HarperTrophy) (F-P)

13. "True Compass: A Memoir" by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve) (NF-H)

14. "Covet" by J.R. Ward (Signet) (F-P)

15. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

16. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)

17. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

18. "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan (Little Brown) (F-P)

19. "Rough Country" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) (F-H)

20. "That Holiday Feelin" by Debbie Macomber, Sherryl Woods, Robyn Carr (Mira) (F-P)

21. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte) (F-H)

22. "The Renegade Hunter" by Lynsay Sands (Avon) (F-P)

23. "Windfall: Impulse Temptation" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)

24. "The Murder of King Tut" by James Patterson, Martin Dugard (Little, Brown) (NF-H)

25. "Just After Sunset" by Stephen King (Pocket) (F-P)

26. "Living With Confidence In A Chaotic World" David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson) (NF-H)

27. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn) (F-H)

28. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books) (F-P)

29. "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner) (F-H)

30. "Unhallowed Ground" by Heather Graham (Mira) (F-P)

31. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-H)

32. "High On Arrival" by Mackenzie Phillips (Simon Spotlight Entertainment) (NF-H)

33. "Temptation and Surrender: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens (Avon) (F-P)

34. "Tempt Me at Twilight" by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

35. "Handle With Care: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)

36. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-P)

37. "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (NF-P)

38. "Envy" by Sandra Brown (Warner) (F-P)

39. "Hot Ice" by Nora Roberts (Bantam) (F-P)

40. "Dark Curse: A Carpathian Novel" (Christine Feehan) (Jove) (F-P)

41. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) (F-P)

42. "True Detectives" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine) (F-P)

43. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley) (F-P)

44. "A Good Woman" by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)

45. "Wicked All Day" by Liz Carlyle (Pocket) (F-P)

46. "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday) (NF-H)

47. "The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle" by L.J. Smith (HarperTeen) (F-P)

48. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett (Aladdin) (F-P)

49. "Big Bad Wolf" by Christine Warren (Saint Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

50. "Hot for the Holidays" by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Allyson James, Anya Bast (Jove) (F-P)

Reporting stores include: Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million and Bookland, Booksamillion.com, Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, Tenn., Doubleday Book Shops, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Cleveland), Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Conn.), Schuler.

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