The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2010
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 2010. The most popular books of the year were "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest", by Stieg Larsson and "The Help", by Kathryn Stockett, with respectively 8 and 6 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books ("Worst Case", "The 9th Judgment", "Private", "The Postcard Killers" and "Cross Fire").