About once a month, we'll ask two booksellers — one independent and one chain — for current best-sellers. The specific booksellers will change every month.

BARNES & NOBLE
3225 West 69th Street, Edina
TOP 10 FICTION
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
3. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Pursuit Of Honor by Vince Flynn
5. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
6. Ford County by John Grisham
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
8. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
9. I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
10. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

TOP 10 NONFICTION
1. Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
2. Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
3. Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt
4. Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
5. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
6. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
7. True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
8. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
9. Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn by Kevin Kling
10. Weird Minnesota by Eric Dregni

COMMON GOOD BOOKS
165 Western Ave North, St. Paul
TOP 10 FICTION
1. A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor
2. Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor
3. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Total Oblivion, More or Less by Alan Deniro
5. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
6. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7. The Farmer's Daughter by Jim Harrison
8. Let the Great World Spin by C. McCann
9. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
10. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

TOP 10 NONFICTION
1. Paris Photos, Paris Walks by Peter O'Toole
2. Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn by Kevin Kling
3. Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
4. St Paul Almanac
5. Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
6. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do by Michael Sandel
7. The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rosetto Kasper
8. The Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith Jones
9. Women, Work, & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano
10. Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr