New York Times Bestseller List

December 6, 2009
Hardcover Fiction


This Week
1 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. Last Week Weeks on List 1

2 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. Last Week 1 Weeks on List 2

3 THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons. Last Week 2 Weeks on List 10

4 FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $24.) Stories set in rural Mississippi. Last Week 3 Weeks on List 3

5 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Last Week 4 Weeks on List 34

6 THE WRECKER, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95.) In 1907, a detective tracks a mysterious saboteur all over the West.
Last Week Weeks on List 1

7 TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.
Last Week 7 Weeks on List 4

8* THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with artists and radicals; later, in the United States, he is menaced by ­McCarthyism.
Last Week 5 Weeks on List 3

9 THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $29.99.) Book 12 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
Last Week 6 Weeks on List 4

10 PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
Last Week 10 Weeks on List 6