'Kill Me If You Can' is a No. 1 hit

A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly for the week ending Sept. 11.

HARDCOVER -- FICTION

1. KILL ME IF YOU CAN, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown)

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

3. THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION, by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

4. FLASH AND BONES, by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

5. A TRICK OF THE LIGHT, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

6. THE LEFTOVERS, by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin's)

7. ONLY TIME WILL TELL, by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's)

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

9. THE OMEN MACHINE, by Terry Goodkind (Tor)

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

HARDCOVER -- NONFICTION

1. IN MY TIME, by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney (Threshold)

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

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

4. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

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

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

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

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

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

10. 1493, by Charles C. Mann (Knopf)

PAPERBACK

1. THE REVERSAL, by Michael Connelly (Vision)

2. 1105 YAKIMA STREET, by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

3. PORT MORTUARY, by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)

4. AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn (Pocket)

5. CANYONS OF NIGHT, by Jayne Castle (Jove)

6. WICKED APPETITE, by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

7. ONLY YOURS, by Susan Mallery (HQN)

8. THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham (Dell)

9. VISCOUNT BRECKENRIDGE TO THE RESCUE, by Stephanie Laurens (Avon)

10. LOVE COME TO ME, by Lisa Kleypas (Signet)