Best sellers list: Feb. 14, 2010
FICTION
1. THE HELP, Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95)
2. THE LOST SYMBOL, Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95)
3. KISSER, Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95)
4. BLOOD TIES, Kay Hooper (Bantam, $26)
5. THE FIRST RULE, Robert Crais (Putnam, $26.95)
6. THE SWAN THIEVES, Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown, $26.99)
7. I, ALEX CROSS, James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99)
8. THE LAST SONG, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $24.99)
9. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, Stieg Larsson (Knopf, $25.95)
10. ROSES, Leila Meacham (Grand Central, $24.99)
NONFICTION
1. GAME CHANGE, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99)
2. I AM OZZY, Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres (Grand Central, $26.99)
3. THE POLITICIAN, Andrew Young (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, $24.99)
4. COMMITTED, Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $26.95)
5. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $23.99)
6. OUTLIERS, Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99)
7. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, Greg Mortenson (Viking, $26.95)
8. JUST KIDS Patti Smith. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $27)
9. COURTING DISASTER, Marc A. Thiessen (Regnery, $29.95)
10. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO, Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.50)
ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. THE KIND DIET, Alicia Silverstone. (Rodale, $29.99)
2. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, Gretchen Rubin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99)
3. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle (Knopf, $40)
4. THE MAYO CLINIC DIET, the Mayo Clinic staff (Good Books, $25.99)
5. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, Steve Harvey with Denene Millner (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99)
6. THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, Timothy Ferriss (Crown, $22)
7. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst (Crown, $26)
8. THE SECRET, Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95)
9. THE FIFTH AGREEMENT, Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz with Janet Mills (Amber-Allen, $19.95)
10. LINCHPIN, Seth Godin (Portfolio, $25.95)
- New York Times
BETWEEN THE COVERS: One of the many production secrets revealed in "Some Like It Hot: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion" (Collins Design) is one of the reasons Billy Wilder chose to film the comedy in black and white: the color photography clearly shows Jack Lemmon's heavy beard showing through the pancake makeup that helped transform him into a (barely) plausible woman.
- Palm Beach Post
This story was originally published February 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best sellers list: Feb. 14, 2010."