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FICTION

1. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.

2. FLY AWAY HOME, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.99.) A senator's extramarital affair affects his wife and daughters.

3. THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $26.95.) The only survivor of a serial killer has found peace in the Pacific Northwest, but her life is shaken by the appearance of a new man and a copycat murderer.

4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

5. PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend's wife.

6. THE GLASS RAINBOW, by James Lee Burke. (Simon & Schuster, $25.99.) A man with ties to an evil ex-convict and bestselling author is dating Louisiana Detective Dave Robicheaux's daughter.

7. SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts.

8. FAITHFUL PLACE, by Tana French. (Viking, $25.95.) Twenty-two years after a Dublin woman stood up her intended groom, her abandoned suitcase is discovered.

9. THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, $26.) A public relations executive and the woman he loves expose a dangerous conspiracy.

10. LIVE TO TELL, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam, $26.) The investigation of a Boston family murder leads detective D.D. Warren to a pediatric psychiatric ward.

NONFICTION

1. THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.

2. ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.

3. MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Bourdain looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures in the 10 years since the publication of "Kitchen Confidential."

4. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

5. WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of "The Perfect Storm."

6. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the comedian.

7. COMING BACK STRONGER, by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry. (Tyndale House, $26.99.) The NFL quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints.

8. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S.C. Gwynne. (Scribner, $27.50.) The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

9. SLIDING INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson. (Gallery, $26.) The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model.

10. IN A HEARTBEAT, by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy with Sally Jenkins. (Holt, $24.) The couple featured in "The Blind Side" tell their story and promote the practice of "cheerful giving."

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. WOMEN FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth. (Scribner, $24.) How women can free themselves from the tyranny of fear and hopelessness surrounding their bodies.

2. DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh. (Business Plus, $23.99.) Lessons from business (pizza place, worm farm, Zappos) and life. (b)

3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on "seizing every moment," from a professor who died of cancer at age 47.

4. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The "Law of Attraction" as a key to getting what you want.

5. THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $22.) Reconstructing your life so that it's not all about work.

Rankings reflect sales for the week that ended July 17 at thousands of venues nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.