A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly for the week ending Aug. 15.


FICTION

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

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

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

4. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)

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

6. FLY AWAY HOME, by Jennifer Weiner (Atria)

7. PRIVATE, by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

8. SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

9. THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

10. DEATH'S EXCELLENT VACATION, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (Ace)


NONFICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. THE MENTOR LEADER, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale)

8. SLIDING INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson (Gallery)

9. MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco)

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


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. ONE DAY, by David Nicholls (Vintage)

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

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

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

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

10. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial)

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