BEST- SELLERS

Fiction

1. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi.

2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.

3. KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleagues daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

4. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Book 12 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.

5. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver. A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and Leon Trotsky; later, in the United States, he is menaced by McCarthyism.

6. TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci. An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.

7. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

8. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaida attack.

9. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta's life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.

10. LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving. A loggers' cook and his son are on the run from the law, for decades.

Nonfiction

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.

3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. A decade of New Yorker essays.

4. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. The case against big government.

5. THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, by Bill Simmons. ESPN.com's Sports Guy crunches big questions in NBA history.

6. THE AUDACITY TO WIN, by David Plouffe. Obamas presidential campaign, by the man who managed it.

7. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed, from the author of "Blink."

8. THE SELLOUT, by Charles Gasparino. How Wall Streets love affair with risk (and enormous profits) and government mismanagement caused the global economy to implode.

9. TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.

10. WHEN THE GAME WAS OURS, by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson with Jackie MacMullan. Two great basketball players discuss their careers, their long rivalry and their eventual friendship.

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous

1. IT'S YOUR TIME, by Joel Osteen. Prayers, stories and tools for moving forward in Christian faith.

2. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS, by Ree Drummond. Cowboy-tested recipes from the proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com.

3. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday. Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

4. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers. Advice and interviews with doctors offering innovative cancer treatments.

5. REINVENTING THE BODY, RESURRECTING THE SOUL, by Deepak Chopra. Ten steps for self-transformation.

Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.