Week of Aug. 2-7

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn $24.95)

2. The Red Queen, by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone $25.99)

3. The Rembrandt Affair, by Daniel Silva (Putnam $26.95)

4. The Moses Expedition, by Juan Gomez-Jurado (Atria $24.99)

5. The Glass Rainbow, by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster $25.99)

Paperback Fiction

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage $7.99)

2. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (Harper $14.99)

3. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson (Vintage $7.99)

4. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Vintage $15.95)

5. On Folly Beach, by Karen White (New American Library $15)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Furious Love, by Sam Kashner (Harper $27.99)

2. Passages in Caregiving, by Gail Sheehy (William Morrow $27.99)

3. Spoken from the Heart, by Laura Bush (Scribner $30)

4. Pearl Buck in China, by Hilary Spurling (Simon & Schuster $27)

5. Lost Rights, by David Howard (HMH $26)

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Cold Pizza for Breakfast, by Christine Lavin (Tell Me Press $21.95)

2. Brave Vessel, by Hobson Woodward (Penguin $16)

3. The Kennedy Legacy, by Vincent Bzdek (Palgrave MacMillan $15)

4. Personal History, by Katharine Graham (Vintage $16)

5. Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden, by Emily Whaley (Fireside $15.99)

Children’s Books

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney (Amulet $13.95)

2. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown $13.99)

3. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Puffin $8.99)

4. Time for Bed, by Mem Fox (HMH $8.99)

5. Shadows, by Jacqueline West (Dial $16.99)