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Even though it was released in mid-September, Dan Brown's hotly anticipated novel The Lost Symbol was the top-selling book of the third quarter (July 1 through Sept. 30), according to USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. But Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels continued to dominate the top 10. It is the fifth straight quarter the four books in the series have been in the top 10.

Top 20 sellers for the third quarter:
1.The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
2.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
3.New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
4.Glenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn Beck
5.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
6.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
7.Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
8.The Shack by William P. Young
9.My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
10.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
11.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
12.Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
13.South of Broad by Pat Conroy
14.Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
15.The Help by Kathryn Stockett
16.The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
17.Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
18.92 Pacific Boulevard: A Cedar Cove Novel by Debbie Macomber
19.Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
20.Smoke Screen: A Novel by Sandra Brown