Bestsellers: 'Postcard' has an edge

A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly for the week ending Aug. 29.

FICTION

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

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

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

4. TOUGH CUSTOMER, by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)

5. THE COBRA, by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam)

6. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)

7. THE RED QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)

8. THREE STATIONS, by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster)

9. THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, by Daniel Silva (Putnam)

10. LAST NIGHT AT CHATEAU MARMONT, by Lauren Weisberger (Atria)

NONFICTION

1. THE POWER, by Rhonda Byrne (Atria)

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

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

4. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)

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

6. THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham (Threshold)

7. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central)

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

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

10. ANGELINA, by Andrew Morton (St. Martin's)

PAPERBACK

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)

2. 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. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham (Bantam)

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

7. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)

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

9. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press)

10. UNDER THE DOME, by Stephen King (Pocket)