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.
8. BREATHLESS, by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $28). Mysterious animals in the Colorado Rockies set off intrigue and suspense.
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.
NONFICTION
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.
4. OPEN, by Andre Agassi (Knopf, $28.95). The tennis champion's autobiography.
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.
10. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99). Why some people succeed, from the author of "Blink."
ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
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.
An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Dec. 5 at thousands of venues.
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