Best sellers

FICTION

1. Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) Questions about redemption and faith arise when a prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.

2. The Appeal, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.

3. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $25.) A woman wakes up in a London hospital after an auto accident with no memory.

4. 7th Heaven, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.

5. Honor Thyself, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A 50-year-old actress injured in a terrorist attack in Paris must rebuild her life.

6.(x) Lush Life, by Richard Price. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) An aspiring writer becomes a suspect in a friend's murder on the Lower East Side.

7. A Prisoner of Birth, by Jefrey Archer. (St. Martin's, $27.95.) A poor Londoner, framed for murder by four Cambridge friends, escapes from prison and exacts revenge.

8. Strangers in Death, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam, $25.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a businessman's scandalous death.

9.(x) Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95.) In the second book of Rice's life of Christ, Jesus embraces his prophetic destiny.

10. The Outlaw Demon Wails, by Kim Harrison. (Eos, $24.95.) A witch who is also a bounty hunter must enter the demonic realm.

NONFICTION

1. Losing It, by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.

2. Beautiful Boy, by David Sheff. (Hoghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.

3. Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This "alternative history of American liberalism" reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.

4. In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

5. Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An MIT behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.

6. I Am America (And So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report."

7.(x) The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller. (Dutton, $24.95.) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.

8. Real Change, by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.

9. The Age of American Unreason, by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?

10.(x) An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck's solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

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

2. THE AGE OF MIRACLES, by Marianne Williamson. (Hay House, $22.95.) Psychologically and spiritually reframing midlife so that it's not a time of "crisis," but a time of rejuvenation. (b)

3. WOMEN AND MONEY, by Suze Orman. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Advice for overcoming one's dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track. (b)

4. THE THIRD JESUS, by Deepak Chopra. (Harmony, $24.) What the "cosmic Christ" can teach, regardless of one's religious background.

5. YOU: STAYING YOUNG, by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz et al. (Free Press, $26.) The principles of longevity and how to combat aging's effects.

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 March 8 at almost 4,000 bookstores.