Bestseller list

FICTION

1. Dark Curse, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley, $24.95.) Lara Calladine, an expert in the field of ice-cave study, joins with Nicholas de la Cruz to search for the truth about their pasts; a Carpathian novel.

2. The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central, $25.99.) The murder of the father of Superman's creator, Jerry Siegel, is linked to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

3. American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. (Random House, $26.) A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic son of a wealthy political family who somehow becomes president.

4. Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs. (Scribner, $25.95.) In the 11th Temperance Brennan mystery, the forensic anthropologist must identify two victims of voodoo and devil worship.

5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial, $22.) After World War II, a journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.

6. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.

7. The Gypsy Morph, by Terry Brooks. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27.) In the third volume of the Genesis of Shannara series, champions of the Word and the Void clash.

8. Silks, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. (Putnam, $25.95.) A British defense lawyer and amateur jockey reluctantly represents another jockey who seems to be guilty of murder.

9.(x) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father's murder.

10. Smoke Screen, by Sandra Brown. (Simon & Schuster, $26.95.) Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at police headquarters in Charleston, S.C.

NONFICTION

1. Stori Telling, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) A memoir. (b)

2. The Obama Nation, by Jerome Corsi. (Threshold, $28.) The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from a co-author of "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry." (b)

3. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous essays from the stand-up comedian.

4. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist's latest essays.

5. The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso. (Regnery, $27.95.) The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist. (b)

6. The Limits of Power, by Andrew Bacevich. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.) A retired Army colonel argues that Americans themselves are responsible for the country's woes. (b)

7. Fleeced, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper, $26.95.) Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. (b)

8. The First Billion Is The Hardest, by T. Boone Pickens. (Crown Business, $26.95.) An account of Pickens' career and his views about energy policy.

9. Faith of My Fathers, by John McCain with Mark Salter. (Random House, $15.) A family memoir by the Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate. (b)

10.(x) The Revolution, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman. (b)

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on "seizing every moment" from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.

2. The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

3. The 4-hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Reconstructing your life so that it's not all about work.

4. You: Staying Young, by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz et al. (Free Press, $26.) The principle of longevity and how to combat the effects of aging.

5. The South Beach Diet Supercharged, by Arthur Agatston with Joseph Signorile. (Rodale, $25.95.) A guide to faster weight loss.

An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Sept. 6 at almost 4,000 bookstores.