Bestsellers: 'Dragons' still on fire

A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly for the week ending Aug. 21.

HARDCOVER -- FICTION

1. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

2. FULL BLACK, by Brad Thor (Atria)

3. THE IDEAL MAN, by Julie Garwood (Dutton)

4. COLD VENGEANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central)

5. GHOST STORY, by Jim Butcher (Roc)

6. VICTORY AND HONOR, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam)

7. STAR WARS: Ascension, by Christie Golden (Del Rey / LucasBooks)

8. PORTRAIT OF A SPY, by Daniel Silva (Harper)

9. THE MAGICIAN KING, by Lev Grossman (Viking)

10. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam / Amy Einhorn)

NONFICTION

1. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)

2. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

3. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Dr. Mike Moreno (Free Press)

4. GO THE ---- TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortés (Akashic)

5. PRIME TIME, by Jane Fonda (Random House)

6. 1493, by Charles C. Mann (Knopf)

7. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson (Crown)

8. AFTER AMERICA, by Mark Steyn (Regnery)

9. THE DUKAN DIET, by Dr. Pierre Dukan (Crown)

10. THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)

PAPERBACK

1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett (Berkley)

2. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)

3. SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)

4. ONE DAY, by David Nicholls (Vintage)

5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway)

6. SARAH'S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin)

7. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown / Back Bay)

8. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)

9. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)

10. ROOM, by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown / Back Bay)