1. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, FSG
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
3. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown
4. Room, by Emma Donoghue, Little Brown
5. An Object of Beauty, by Steve Martin, Grand Central
6. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
7. Dead or Alive, by Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood, Putnam
8. The Confession, by John Grisham, Doubleday
9. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, Dutton
10. Lord of Misrule, by Jaimy Gordon, McPherson
11. A Visit From the Goon Squad, byJennifer Egan, Knopf
12. Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie, Random House
13. Port Mortuary, by Patricia Cornwell, Putnam
14. Our Kind of Traitor,by John le Carré, Viking
15. What the Night Knows, by Dean Koontz, Bantam
* Published Thursday, January 6, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 9, 2011.) Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
