Washington Bestsellers/Hardcover

Paperback Bestsellers at washingtonpost.com/bookworld

Fiction
1	DEAD AND GONE (Ace, $25.95) By Charlaine Harris. What goes down when the weres and shifters reveal themselves to the world.	1
2	THE 8TH CONFESSION (Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The Women's Murder Club and two baffling murders.	2
3	FIRST FAMILY (Grand Central, $27.99) By David Baldacci. A children's b-day party at Camp David morphs from frolic to kidnapping.	3
4	PYGMY (Doubleday, $24.95). By Chuck Palahniuk A satire in which teenage terrorists posing as exchange students wreak "Operation Havoc."	1
5	TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT (Pantheon, $23.95). By Alexander McCall Smith Salvaging a van, a relationship and a football match.	3
6	THE LEGEND OF SIGURD & GUDRÚN (HMH, $26) By J.R.R. Tolkien. A retelling of two classic Norse tales, written prior to "The Lord of the Rings."	1
7	JUST TAKE MY HEART (Simon & Schuster, $25.95) By Mary Higgins Clark. Do organ transplant patients get more than a new life from their donors?	5
8	SUMMER ON BLOSSOM STREET (Mira, $24.95) By Debbie Macomber. The Seattle A Good Yarn shop finds its new hybrid class, "Knit to Quit," a hit.	2
9	THE ASSOCIATE (Doubleday, $27.95) By John Grisham. What ensues when a promising law-school graduate is blackmailed.	14
10	THE HOST (Little, Brown, $25.99) By Stephenie Meyer. A species that takes over the minds of its human hosts has overrun the Earth.	37
Nonfiction/General
1	ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN: WHAT MEN REALLY THINK ABOUT LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS ... (Amistad, $23.99). By Steve Harvey	14
2	LIBERTY AND TYRANNY: A CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO (Threshold, $25). By Mark R. Levin The talk radio host trumpets conservative ideals.	6
3	ALWAYS LOOKING UP: THE ADVENTURES OF AN INCURABLE OPTIMIST (Hyperion, $25.99) By Michael J. Fox. A chronicle of the past 10 years.	5
4	OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS (Little, Brown, $27.99). By Malcolm Gladwell Assumptions about success challenged.	23
5	RESILIENCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE BURDENS AND GIFTS OF FACING LIFE'S ADVERSITIES (Broadway, $22.95). By Elizabeth Edwards	1
6	MASTER YOUR METABOLISM: THE 3 DIET SECRETS TO NATURALLY BALANCING YOUR HORMONES ... (Crown, $26). By Jillian Michaels	5
7	THE GIRLS FROM AMES: THE STORY OF WOMEN & A FORTY-YEAR FRIENDSHIP (Gotham, $26) By Jeffrey Zaslow. A far-flung bond endures.	3
8	THE END OF OVEREATING: TAKING CONTROL OF THE INSATIABLE AMERICAN APPETITE (Rodale, $25.95). By David A. Kessler	2
9	LOSING MUM AND PUP: A MEMOIR (Twelve, $24.99). By Christopher Buckley. The novelist's poignant take on the death of his parents.	2
10	PRETTY IN PLAID: A LIFE, A WITCH, AND A WARDROBE ... (NAL, $24.95). By Jen Lancaster A memoir through the prisms of fashion and humor.	1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 10, 2009. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2009 by Nielsen BookScan. (The right-hand column of numbers represents weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. The bestseller lists in print alternate between hardcover and paperback; the complete list can be found online.)