FICTION

1. PERSONAL, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher, a former military cop, helps the State Department and the CIA stop a sniper who has targeted a G-8 Summit.

2. SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD, by Jan Karon. (Putnam) The Mitford character Father Tim finds friends and relatives wrestling with difficulties.

3. FESTIVE IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam) At Christmas, Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a narcissistic personal trainer; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

4. THE CHILDREN ACT, by Ian McEwan. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) A judge wrestles with a challenging case and a crisis in her marriage.

5. THE WITCH WITH NO NAME, by Kim Harrison. (Harper Voyager) The final book of the Hollows series.

6. THE BONE CLOCKS, by David Mitchell. (Random House) Interconnected tales in settings from England in the '80s to the apocalyptic future revolve around a central character.

7. THE SECRET PLACE, by Tana French. (Viking) Detectives Stephen Moran and Antoinette Conway investigate a murder on the grounds of a girls' school in the Dublin suburbs.

8. THE KING'S CURSE, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone) As chief lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon, Margaret Pole is torn between the queen and her husband, Henry VIII.

9. THE EYE OF HEAVEN, by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake. (Putnam) Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo discover a Viking ship full of pre-Columbian artifacts.

10. COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE, by Haruki Murakami. (Knopf) A young man's difficult coming-of-age.

NONFICTION

1. WHAT IF?, by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.

2. 13 HOURS, by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team. (Twelve) Six CIA contract employees discuss their experience during the attack on the State Department compound and the nearby CIA station called the "annex" in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

3. WAKING UP, by Sam Harris. (Simon & Schuster) This exploration of consciousness by the author of "The End of Faith" proposes that spirituality can and should be divorced from religion.

4. WORLD ORDER, by Henry Kissinger. (Penguin Press) The elder statesman offers a view of how to build an international order in today's world.

5. DIARY OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. (Berkley) Humorous reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities.

6. UNPHILTERED, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books) What the Duck Commander (from the A&E show "Duck Dynasty") really thinks about various topics.

7. ONE NATION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Sentinel) Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems.

8. OFF THE SIDELINES, by Kirsten Gillibrand with Elizabeth Weil. (Ballantine) The New York senator tells her personal story and urges women to become more involved in politics.

9. IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE, by Hampton Sides. (Doubleday) An 1879 polar voyage gone terribly wrong.

10. THE ROOSEVELTS, by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. (Knopf) A companion volume to the PBS series examines the lives of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin.

ADVICE, MISCELLANEOUS AND HOW-TO

1. ACT LIKE A SUCCESS, THINK LIKE A SUCCESS, by Steve Harvey. (Amistad/HarperCollins) The comedian counsels on recognizing and harnessing personal gifts.

2. WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE, by Oprah Winfrey. (Flatiron) The media queen discusses the essential components of an authentic life.

3. THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT, by Chris Guillebeau. (Harmony) Identifying and pursuing quests and goals as a means to achieve personal success.

4. THE MYSTERY OF THE SHEMITAH, by Jonathan Cahn. (Charisma House) An ancient seven-year cycle underlies and influences major world events. (b)

5. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) How to communicate love in a way your spouse will understand.

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Sept. 13. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some sellers report receiving bulk orders.