| 1 | Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99 ISBN 978-0-316-01792-3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | The Last Lecture. Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion, $21.95 ISBN 978-1-4013-2325-7 | 3 | 41 |
| 3 | Guilty. Ann Coulter. Crown Forum, $27.95 ISBN 978-0-307-35346-7 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Dewey. Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Grand Central, $19.99 ISBN 978-0-446-40741-0 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Flat Belly Diet. Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. Rodale Press, $25.95 ISBN 978-1-5948-6851-1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | What's Age Got to Do with It? Robin McGraw. Thomas Nelson, $24.99 ISBN 978-1-4002-0214-0 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95 ISBN 978-158270-170-7 | 8 | 100 |
| 8 | Why We Suck. Denis Leary. Viking, $26.95 ISBN 978-0-670-03160-3 | – | 7 |
| 9 | American Lion. Jon Meacham. Random House, $30 ISBN 978-1-4000-6325-3 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | The American Journey of Barack Obama. The Editors of Life. Little, Brown, $24.99 ISBN 978-0-316-04560-5 | 12 | 5 |
| 11 | Too Fat to Fish. Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza. Spiegel & Grau, $24.95 ISBN 978-0-385-52656-2 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | The Great Depression Ahead. Harry S. Dent Jr. Free Press, $27 ISBN 978-1-416-58898-6 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Strengths Finder 2.0. Tom Rath. Gallup Press, $19.95 ISBN 978-1-5956-2015-6 | – | 8 |
| 14 | High Voltage Tattoo. Kat Von D. Collins Design, $29.95 ISBN 978-0-06-168438-8 | – | 1 |
| 15 | Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics. Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter, $35 ISBN 978-1-4000-5435-0 | 15 | 12 |