books

FICTION

1. The Whole Truth, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.

2. Hold Tight, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid's suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.

3. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

4. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.

5. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.

6. Certain Girls, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl rediscovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier.

7. Quicksand, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin's, $26.95.) A forensic sculptor tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.

8.(x) Dead Heat, by Joel Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a presidential candidate.

9. 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.

10. Santa Fe Dead, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife.

NONFICTION

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

2. Escape, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man.

3. Home, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews' early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.

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

5. Mistaken Identity, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.

6. Ladies of Liberty, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.

7. The Revolution, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate. (b)

8. Bad Money, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington's ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.

9.(x) Armageddon In Retrospect, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.

10. The Soloist, by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A columnist for the Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life.

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) After learning he has terminal cancer, a professor shares his thoughts on the importance of "seizing every moment."

2. Just Who Will You Be?, by Maria Shriver. (Hyperion, $14.95.) Shriver's message: "What you do in your life isn't what matters. It's who you are."

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

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

5. Harmonic Wealth, by James Arthur Ray with Linda Sivertsen. (Hyperion, $24.95.) Creating the life you want through financial, mental, physical and spiritual wealth.

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 relflect sales for the week ending April 26 at almost 4,000 bookstores.