Bestsellers: Let 'Freedom' ring

September 9, 2010

A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly for the week ending Sept. 5.

1. FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

3. DARK PERIL, by Christine Feehan (Berkley)

4. THE POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund (Little, Brown)

5. LOST EMPIRE, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (Putnam)

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

7. THE WAY OF KINGS, by Brian Sanderson (Tor)

8. SPIDER BONES, by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

9. BODY WORK, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam)

10. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)

1. THE POWER, by Rhonda Byrne (Atria)

2. CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY, by David Limbaugh (Regnery)

3. -- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern (It Books)

4. A JOURNEY, by Tony Blair (Knopf)

5. THE PERFECTION POINT, by John Brenkus (Harper)

6. WOMEN FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth (Scribner)

7. THE ONE MINUTE NEGOTIATOR, by Don Hutson and George Lucas (Berrett-Koehler)

8. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner)

9. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

10. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis (Norton)

1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

4. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster)

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

6. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein (Harper)

7. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham (Bantam)

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

9. A GATE AT THE STAIRS, by Lorrie Moore (Vintage)

10. MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler (Bloomsbury)

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