Best sellers

1. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.

2. THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $26.95.) When a Russian defector who once saved his life disappears, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, attempts to rescue him.

3. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.99.) Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one's help.

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

5. SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A former cop, now a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.

6. TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $26.) A young woman is haunted by the spirit of her great-aunt, who wants her to find a missing necklace.

7. HOT PURSUIT, by Suzanne Brockmann. (Ballantine, $26.) Alyssa Locke, the team leader of the security agency Troubleshooters, Inc., is captured by a serial killer.

9. FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $27.95.) The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks a celebrity chef's killer.

10. FIRE AND ICE, by J.A. Jance. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont finds that his pursuit of a murderer leads him into the territory of Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady.

1. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team are depicted as tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.

2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.

3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed -- it has to do with luck and opportunity as well as talent -- from the author of "Blink."

5. UNMASKED, by Ian Halperin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.) Michael Jackson's final years.

6. THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler. (Rodale, $25.95.) How eating sugar, fat and salt affects our minds and bodies and encourages overindulgence.

7. THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley. (Harper/HarperCollins, $34.99.) Theodore Roosevelt's crusade for conservation.

8. THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. (Doubleday, $25.) How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook, from the author of "Bringing Down the House."

9. A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson. (Crown Business, $27.) The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Bros., from a former vice president of the firm.

11. (x) MICHAEL JACKSON, by J. Randy Taraborrelli. (Grand Central, $18.99.) An updated version of a 1991 biography now covers Jackson's last years and his death.

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of "The Steve Harvey Morning Show."

2. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. (Crown, $26.) A weight-loss plan by a trainer from NBC's "The Biggest Loser."

3. GAME PLAN FOR LIFE, by Joe Gibbs with Jerry B. Jenkins. (Tyndale House, $24.99.) A biblical playbook, from the former coach of the Washington Redskins.

4. 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.