bestsellers

FICTION

1. The Associate, by John Grisham ($27.95, Doubleday). A successful lawyer has a secret.

2. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson ($27.99, Little, Brown). A detective searches for an arrogant killer.

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($22, Dial Press). An author gets letters of inspiration from readers.

4. The Piano Teacher, by Janice Lee ($25.95, Viking). A couple's love affair is threatened by World War II.

5. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson ($24.95, Knopf). A journalist and a hacker solve a cold case.

NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch ($21.95, Hyperion). A guide to seizing every moment of life.

2. The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre ($26.95, Doubleday). The story of the baseball dynasty.

3. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell ($27.99, Little, Brown). Why different people succeed.

4. Dewey, by Vicki Myron ($19.99, Grand Central Publishing). The story of an abandoned cat.

5. American Lion, by Jon Meacham ($30, Random). A book about Andrew Jackson.