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| 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 |
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| 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.)




