FICTION
1. EDGE OF ETERNITY, by Ken Follett. (Dutton) Five interrelated families grapple with the events of the 1960s through the 1980s; Book 3 of the Century Trilogy.
2. 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 G8 summit.
3. SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD, by Jan Karon. (Putnam) The Mitford character Father Tim finds friends and family wrestling with difficulties.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. RAGING HEAT, by Richard Castle. (Kingswell) In a follow-up to "Deadly Heat," the NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat and the journalist Jameson Rook attempt to solve a murder.
7. THE CHILDREN ACT, by Ian McEwan. (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday) A judge wrestles with a challenging case and a crisis in her marriage.
8. 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.
9. WOLF IN WHITE VAN, by John Darnielle. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The disfigured creator of a role-playing game is pulled back in time to the event that shaped his life.
10. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner) The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.
NONFICTION
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. WORLD ORDER, by Henry Kissinger. (Penguin Press) The elder statesman offers a view of how to build an international order in today's world.
4. JESUS ON TRIAL, by David Limbaugh. (Regnery) The lawyer and political commentator uses his legal training to evaluate, and affirm, the truthfulness of the Bible.
5. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, by Naomi Klein. (Simon & Schuster) The journalist, author of "The Shock Doctrine," makes the case for the existence of climate change and argues that the market cannot solve the crisis.
6. 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.
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. DIARY OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. (Berkley) Humorous reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities.
9. WAKING UP, by Sam Harris. (Simon & Schuster) The author of "The End of Faith" proposes that spirituality can and should be divorced from religion.
10. 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.
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. ZERO TO ONE, by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters. (Crown Business) A co-founder of PayPal on how to build companies that create new things. (b)
3. WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE, by Oprah Winfrey. (Flatiron) The media queen discusses the essential components of an authentic life; adapted from her column in O magazine.
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 WAY OF SERENITY, by Jonathan Morris. (HarperOne/HarperCollins) Trying to live by the words of the serenity prayer, in seeking peace, acceptance and support from God.
Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Sept. 20. 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.
