Best sellers

1. SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.) An unlikely group's friendship from the '60s to the '80s, and from South Carolina to San Francisco; by the author of "The Prince of Tides."

2. THE WHITE QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $25.99.) The author of "The Other Boleyn Girl" reaches back to the War of the Roses for more palace intrigue.

3. DREAMFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Delacorte, $26.) MacKlaya finds herself under the erotic spell of a Fae master.

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

5. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo. (Knopf, $25.95.) A long-married couple wrestle with dissatisfactions during a Cape Cod weekend; by the author of "Empire Falls."

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

7(x). ABYSS, by Troy Denning. (Del Rey/Ballantine/Lucas, $27.) In a "Star Wars" book, Luke Skywalker goes to the Mind Walkers' world to try to redeem the Jedi.

9. THE ELEVENTH VICTIM, by Nancy Grace. (Hyperion, $25.99.) A prosecutor turned therapist is drawn back to crime-fighting when her clients start getting murdered one by one.

10. THE LAW OF NINES, by Terry Goodkind. (Putnam, $27.95.) A struggling artist saves a woman's life, inherits land and becomes a target.

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

2. IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. (Crown, $26.) Agents and the presidents they protect.

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

6 (x). ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. (McSweeney's, $24.) The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.

7. CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) President Obama portrayed as someone who could transform America into a socialist state and destroy the health care system. (b)

8. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

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

1. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. (Knopf, $40.) A reissue of the book that started Child's career.

2. FLAT BELLY DIET! COOKBOOK, by Liz Vaccariello with Cynthia Sass. (Rodale, $27.99.) Companion recipes for "Flat Belly Diet!" from the editors of Prevention magazine.

3. 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."

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.

5. FLAT BELLY DIET! by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. (Rodale, $25.95.) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.