Top Selling Hardcovers of 2009

Posted on March 22, 2010

Publishers Weekly has published a big list of the top selling books of 2009. Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol sold over 5.5 million copies. Sarah Palin led nonfiction with Going Rogue, which sold over 2.6 million copies. Here are the top in fiction and nonfiction.

Top Selling Fiction Hardcovers of 2009

• The Lost Symbol: A Novel by Dan Brown (Doubleday)
• The Associate: A Novel by John Grisham (Doubleday)
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)
• I, Alex Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
• Ford County by John Grisham (Doubleday)

• Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin (Harper)
• Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey (Harper)
• Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government by Glenn Beck (Threshold)
• Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin
• True Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)