HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95): Twists and turns as young law school grad haunted by his past joins a huge firm. Last week: 1
2. Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99): Det. Mike Bennett tracks a killer who preys on New York’s rich and powerful. Last week: 2
3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $25.99): A woman resists the extraterrestrial trying to take control of her mind. Last week: 4
4. Fool by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $26.99): King Lear’s fool has to clean up the mess recounted in Shakespeare’s play. Cheerfully crude. Last week: —
5. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (Ace, $24.95): Shape-shifter Mercy Thompson finds a warning symbol on her car mechanic business. Latest entry in urban fantasy series. Last week: 3
6. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $27.95): Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and pal Diesel are searching for two men in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Last week: 5
7. True Colors by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s, $25.95): Follows three sisters from the death of their mother through their coming of age. Last week: 6
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco, $25.95): A rite-of-passage novel set in 1970s Wisconsin. Last week: 7
9. Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (Harper, $25.99): First in a trilogy about a family desperate to save its wedding shoe company. Set in contemporary New York and Italy. Last week: 10
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial, $22): Interlocking stories of residents in wartime Guernsey are revealed in letters. Last week: 12
HARDCOVER NON-FICTION
1. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre & Tom Verducci (Doubleday, $26.95): Behind the scenes during Torre’s dozen years managing the Yankees. Last week: 1
2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (Amistad, $23.99): Down-to-earth and direct relationship advice from radio show host. Last week: 2
3. Outlier s by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99): Gladwell examines patterns of hidden advantages, opportunities and cultural legacies that push successful people ahead of others who have potential. Last week: 3
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $21.95): A book based on a lecture about living, given by a university professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47. Last week: 5
5. Uncommon by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale House, $24.99): Coach shares lessons in living a life of success and significance. Last week: 4
6. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central, $19.99): Dewey the abandoned orange kitten becomes a small-town Iowa public library mascot and touches hearts. Last week: 5
7. The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95): An examination of the military surge strategy in Iraq. Last week: —
8. Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson (Zondervan, $19.99): Life with reality TV celebrity couple who are parents of twins plus sextuplets. Last week: 9
9. Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass (Rodale Press, $25.95): Prevention Magazine editors bring targeted weight loss plan. Last week: 10
10. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95): New Age self-help advice for all aspects of life. Last week: 7
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Publishers Weekly
For the week ended Feb. 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
