1. The 9th Judgment - by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/26/2010
ISBN-13: 9780316036276
ISBN-10: 0316036277

Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who’s preying on women and children.

2. Lover Mine - by J.R. Ward

Publisher: New American Library
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9780451229854
ISBN-10: 0451229851

Book 8 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

3. The Help - by Kathryn Stockett

Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9780399155345
ISBN-10: 0399155341

A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

4. Deliver Us from Evil - by David Baldacci

Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780446564083
ISBN-10: 0446564087

Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms.

5. Hannah's List - by Debbie Macomber

Publisher: Mira
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9780778327806
ISBN-10: 0778327809

A doctor receives a letter from his dead wife in which she asks him to marry one of three women she has chosen for him.

6. The Shadow of Your Smile - by Mary Higgins Clark

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439172261
ISBN-10: 1439172269

An elderly woman must decide whether to reveal a family secret.

7. The Double Comfort Safari Club - by Alexander McCall Smith

Publisher: Pantheon Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780375424502
ISBN-10: 0375424504

The 11th novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

8. This Body of Death - by Elizabeth George

Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061160882
ISBN-10: 0061160881

Detective Thomas Lynley becomes involved when a woman’s body is found in a London cemetery.

9. Lucid Intervals - by Stuart Woods

Publisher: Putnam
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780399156441
ISBN-10: 0399156445

Stone Barrington, the New York cop turned lawyer, helps search for a former British intelligence operative.

10. Every Last One: A Novel - by Anna Quindlen

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9781400065745
ISBN-10: 1400065747

After a shocking assault on her family, a woman must discover how to live the rest of her life.

11. The God of the Hive - by Laurie R. King

Publisher: Bantam Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9780553805543
ISBN-10: 0553805541

Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are separated and on the run from a ruthless foe.

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12. House Rules - by Jodi Picoult

Publisher: Atria Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780743296434
ISBN-10: 0743296435

A teenage boy with Asperger’s syndrome is accused of murder.

13. Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files - by Jim Butcher

Publisher: Roc
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9780451463173
ISBN-10: 045146317X

Book 12 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago.

14. Eight Days to Live - by Iris Johansen

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312368159
ISBN-10: 0312368151

A painting by Eve Duncan’s adopted daughter draws the ire of a religious cult.

15. Burning Lamp - by Amanda Quick

Publisher: Putnam
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780399156465
ISBN-10: 0399156461

A Victorian crime lord fears he has fallen prey to an ancestral curse; an Arcane Society novel.

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the May 16 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 1, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.