This week’s best sellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, Dec. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz, LLC. (c) 2011 by PWxyz, LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. 1{2/63. Stephen King. Scribner, $35 Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 7

2. The Litigators. John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95 Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 9

3. Kill Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $28.99 Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 6

4. Death Comes to Pemberley. P.D. James. Knopf, $25.95 Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 3

5. Locked On. Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. Putnam, $28.95 Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 2

6. The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $25.99 Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 11

7. Red Mist. Patricia Cornwell. Putnam, $27.95 Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 3

8. Explosive Eighteen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $28 Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 5

9. V Is for Vengeance. Sue Grafton. Putnam, $27.95 Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 6

10. The Drop. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown, $27.99 Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 4

11. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $27.95 Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 77

12. Micro. Michael Crichton & Richard Preston. Harper, $28.99 Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 5

13. 1Q84. Haruki Murakami. Knopf, $30.50 Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 9

14. A Dance with Dragons. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $35 Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 24

15. The Art of Fielding. Chad Harbach. Little, Brown, $25.99 Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 12

16. Zero Day. David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.99 Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 8

17. The Snow Angel. Glenn Beck. Threshold, $21 Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 9

18. The Christmas Wedding. James Patterson & Richard DiLallo. Little, Brown, $25.99 Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 10

19. The Marriage Plot. Jeffrey Eugenides. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28 Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 11

20. The Night Circus. Erin Morgenstern. Doubleday, $26.95 Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 15

21. The Scottish Prisoner. Diana Gabaldon. Delacorte, $28 Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 4

22. Covert Warriors. W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV. Putnam, $27.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

23. The Paris Wife. Paula McLain. Ballantine, $25 Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 44

24. The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes. Knopf, $23.95 Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 10

25. Devil’s Gate. Clive Cussler & Graham Brown. Putnam, $27.95 Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 6

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, $35 Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 9

2. Killing Lincoln. Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard. Holt, $28 Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 13

3. Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand. Random House, $27 Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 58

4. Go the F(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK)k to Sleep. Adam Mansbach, illus. by Ricardo Cortes. Akashic, $14.95 Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 27

5. Guinness World Records 2012. Guinness World Records, $28.95 Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 15

6. Through My Eyes. Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. HarperOne, $26.99 Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 16

7. Jack Kennedy. Chris Matthews. Simon & Schuster, $27.50 Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 8

8. Every Day a Friday. Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $24.99 Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 14

9. Nearing Home. Billy Graham. Thomas Nelson, $19.99 Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 10

10. Being George Washington. Glenn Beck. Threshold, $26 Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 5

11. Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible. Paula Deen with Melissa Clark. Simon & Schuster, $29.99 Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 11

12. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30 Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 9

13. Catherine the Great. Robert K. Massie. Random House, $35 Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 7

14. Heaven Is for Real. Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Thomas Nelson, $21.99 Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 4

15. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Strikingly True. Geoff Tibballs. Ripley, $28.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

16. Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook. Cook’s Illustrated Editors. Cook’s Illustrated, $40 Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3

17. Then Again. Diane Keaton. Random House, $26 Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 6

18. Boomerang. Michael Lewis. Norton, $25.95 Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 12

19. In the Garden of Beasts. Erik Larson. Crown, $26 Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 28

20. Seriously... I’m Kidding. Ellen DeGeneres. Grand Central, $26.99 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 8

21. Bossypants. Tina Fey. LB/Reagan Arthur, $26.99 Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 27

22. Goodnight iPad. Ann Droyd. Blue Rider, $14.95 Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 5

23. Back to Work. Bill Clinton. Knopf, $23.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 6

24. Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson. Lady Gaga & Terry Richardson. Grand Central, $50 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 2

25. The New New Rules. Bill Maher. Blue Rider, $26.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 3

MASS MARKET

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $7.99 Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 79

2. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $9.99 Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 77

3. Toys. James Patterson & Neil McMahon. Vision, $9.99 Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 4

4. The Land of Painted Caves. Jean M. Auel. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 5

5. A Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 40

6. Smokin’ Seventeen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 6

7. A Feast for Crows. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 29

8. The Shack. William P. Young. Windblown Media, $7.99 Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 12

9. Crescent Dawn. Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Berkley, $9.99 Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 9

10. The Confession. John Grisham. Dell, $9.99 Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 23

11. Gabriella & Alexander. Nora Roberts. Silhouette, $7.99 Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 4

12. Don’t Look Behind You. Ann Rule. Pocket, $7.99 Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 4

13. The Perfect Christmas. Debbie Macomber. Mira, $7.99 Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 9

14. A Clash of Kings. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 35

15. A Storm of Swords. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $8.99 Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 36

16. One for the Money. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s, $8.99 Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 3

17. What the Night Knows. Dean Koontz. Bantam, $9.99 Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 10

18. Learning to Love. Debbie Macomber. Mira, $7.99 Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 5

19. Cross Fire. James Patterson. Vision, $9.99 Last Week: 19; Weeks on List: 13

20. Quinn. Iris Johansen. St. Martin’s, $7.99 Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 5

21. Secrets to the Grave. Tami Hoag. Signet, $9.99 Last Week: 25; Weeks on List: 9

22. The Judas Gate. Jack Higgins. Berkley, $9.99 Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 2

23. Miracle Cure. Harlan Coben. Signet, $9.99 Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 12

24. Bel Air Dead. Stuart Woods. Signet, $9.99 Last Week: 22; Weeks on List: 4

25. World War Z. Max Brooks. Three Rivers, $7.99 Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 5

TRADE

1. The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Berkley, $16 Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 38

2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95 Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 118

3. Heaven Is for Real. Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Thomas Nelson, $16.99 Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 53

4. The Tiger’s Wife. Tea Obreht. Random House, $15 Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 8

5. The Zombie Survival Guide. Max Brooks. Three Rivers, $13.95 Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 15

6. The Next Always. Nora Roberts. Berkley, $16 Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 8

7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Broadway, $16 Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 43

8. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Stieg Larsson. Vintage, $15.95 Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 61

9. Unlikely Friendships. Jennifer S. Holland. Workman, $13.95 Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 21

10. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Garth Stein. Harper, $14.99 Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 117

11. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Jonathan Safran Foer. Mariner, $14.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

12. Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell. LB/Back Bay, $16.99 Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 28

13. Cutting for Stone. Abraham Verghese. Vintage, $15.95 Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 86

14. Moneyball. Michael Lewis. Norton, $15.95 Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 17

15. Sing You Home. Jodi Picoult. Atria/Emily Bestler, $16 Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 10

16. Born to Run. Christopher McDougall. Vintage, $15.95 Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 26

17. Those Guys Have All the Fun. James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales. Back Bay, $17.99 Last Week: 16; Weeks on List: 2

18. A Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin. Bantam, $17 Last Week: 18; Weeks on List: 3

19. The Devil in the White City. Erik Larson. Vintage, $15.95 Last Week: 24; Weeks on List: 74

20. Sarah’s Key. Tatiana de Rosnay. St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95 Last Week: 17; Weeks on List: 75

21. Earth: The Book. Jon Stewart. Grand Central, $16.99 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

22. Swamplandia. Karen Russell. Vintage, $14.95 Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

23. Assholes Finish First. Tucker Max. Gallery, $16 Last Week: 20; Weeks on List: 9

24. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. HarperOne, $14.99 Last Week: 23; Weeks on List: 147

25. Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. Algonquin, $14.95 Last Week: 21; Weeks on List: 133

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