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John Irving tells a story that spans five decades in Last Night in Twisted River, which debuts at No. 6 this week. A 12-year-old boy and his father are forced to becomes fugitives in the 1950s and weave in and out of their Northeastern roots.

2. The Lost Symbol        1     7

Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95)

3. True Blue    —   1

David Baldacci

(Grand Central, $27.99)

4. The Scarpetta Factor    2   2

Patricia Cornwell

(Putnam, $27.95)

5. Pursuit of Honor    3    3    

Vince Flynn (Atria, $27.99)

6. Last Night in Twisted River      —    1

John Irving (Random House, $28)

7. The Help    5  22

Kathryn Stockett

(Putnam, $24.95)

8. 9 Dragons    4    3

Michael Connelly

(Little, Brown, $27.99)

9. Grave Secret    —     1

Charlaine Harris (Berkley, $24.95)

10. The Last Song    8    8

Nicholas Sparks

(Grand Central, $24.99)

NONFICTION

1. The Book of Basketball    —   1

Bill Simmons

(Ballantine/ESPN, $30)

2. SuperFreakonomics    2   2

S. Levitt, S. Dubner

(Morrow, $29.99)

3. Have a Little Faith    1    5

Mitch Albom

(Hyperion, $23.99)

4. What the Dog Saw    3    2

Malcolm Gladwell

(Little, Brown, $27.99)

5. Arguing With Idiots    4   6

Glenn Beck (Threshold, $29.99)

6. The Pioneer Woman Cooks    —    1

Ree Drummond

(Morrow, $27.50)

7. Knockout    6    2

Suzanne Somers

(Crown, $25.99)

8. Too Big to Fail    5    2    

Andrew Ross Sorkin

(Viking, $32.95)

9. True Compass    7    7

Edward Kennedy (Twelve, $35)

10. Outliers    10  49

Malcolm Gladwell

(Little, Brown, $27.99)

Source: Publisher's Weekly