New York Times Bestsellers List

The numeral at the end of each listing indicates the number of weeks a title has been on the New York Times best-sellers list. An asterisk indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.

FICTION

1. HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid's suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb. (1)

2. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared. (2)

3. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. (1)

4. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children. (3)

5. CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl rediscovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. (2)

6. THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste. (12)

7. COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates. (4)

8. BELONG TO ME, by Marisa de los Santos. (Morrow, $24.95.) When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets. (3)

9. SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago. (3)

10. CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) Questions about redemption and faith arise when a prisoner on death row begins performing miracles. (7)

NONFICTION

1. BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son's meth addiction. (8)

2. HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews' early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins. (3)

3. MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience. (4)

4. LADIES OF LIBERTY, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America. (2)

5. ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man. (4)

6. GIRLS LIKE US, by Sheila Weller. (Atria, $27.95.) The lives and times of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. (2)

7. BAD MONEY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington's ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets. (1)

8. ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007. (3)

9. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." (16)

10. BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) Articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback. (4)

MISCELLANEOUS

1. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of "seizing every moment." (2)

2. JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?, by Maria Shriver. (Hyperion, $14.95.) Shriver's message: "What you do in your life isn't what matters. It's who you are." (1)

3. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. (67)

4. GEORGIA COOKING IN AN OKLAHOMA KITCHEN, by Trisha Yearwood. (Clarkson Potter, $29.95.) Fried chicken, stuffed pork chops and other family recipes from the country music singer. (2)

5. THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Reconstructing your life so that it's not all about work. (21)