FICTION

1. U IS FOR UNDERTOW, by Sue Grafton (Putnam, $27.95). Kinsey Millhone investigates the case of a 4-year-old girl who disappeared 21 years earlier.

2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95). Robert Langdon among the Masons.

3. I, ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). Tracking the murderer of a relative, Alex Cross discovers a wild Washington scene with explosive secrets.

4. UNDER THE DOME, by Stephen King (Scribner, $35). When a Maine town is trapped by an invisible force field, a sanctimonious and hypocritical politician takes over.

5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95). A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

6. PIRATE LATITUDES, by Michael Crichton (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99). In the 17th-century Caribbean, a British pirate attacks a Spanish galleon; this manuscript was found in Crichton's files after his death in 2008.

7. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham (Doubleday, $24). Stories set in rural Mississippi.

9. THE PARIS VENDETTA, by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $26). Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone searches for Napoleon's lost treasure as he battles a cabal of multimillionaires manipulating the global economy.

10. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99). A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky; later, in the United States, he is menaced by McCarthyism.

1. GOING ROGUE, by Sarah Palin (Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99). A memoir by the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.

2. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson (Viking, $26.95). Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off.

3. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $23.99). A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

5. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve, $35). The late senator's autobiography.

6. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99). The case against big government. (b)

7. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99). A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.

8. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99). A decade of New Yorker essays.

9. HALF THE SKY, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Knopf, $27.95). Women fighting sexual oppression in Asia and Africa.

1. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday (Guinness, $28.95). Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

2. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS, by Ree Drummond (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.50). Cowboy-tested recipes from the proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com. (b)

3. IT'S YOUR TIME, by Joel Osteen (Free Press, $25). Prayers, stories and tools for moving forward in Christian faith.

4. DIVINE SOUL MIND BODY HEALING AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, by Zhi Gang Sha (Atria, $27.99). The divine way to heal. (b)

5. GOOD EATS, by Alton Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $37.50). Tips and recipes from the early days of the Food Network show.