Best sellers

1. Double Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a killer who boasts of his killings on his website.

2. The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How a North Carolina man's choices play out in his life.

3. Playing for Pizza, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $21.95.) An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League.

4. Stone Cold, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Members of Washington's Camel Club are being murdered to prevent them from uncovering government secrets.

5.(x) Confessor, by Terry Goodkind. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $29.95.) The 11th and final novel of the "Sword of Truth" fantasy series.

6. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.

7. World Without End, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett's "Pillars of the Earth."

9. The Chase, by Clive Cussler. (Putnam, $26.95.) In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer all over the West.

10. Book of the Dead, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $26.95.) Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta opens a private practice in Charleston, S.C.

1. An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) The conservative TV and talk-radio host offers his solutions to global warming, poverty and political correctness.

2.(x) 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."

3. Boom! by Tom Brokaw. (Random House, $28.95.) The retired news anchor recalls and assesses the 1960s.

5. Clapton, by Eric Clapton. (Broadway Books, $26.) The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music.

6. Rescuing Sprite, by Mark Levin. (Pocket Books, $22.) A family's love for an older dog they adopted.

7. Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin. (Scribner, $25.) Martin, now a writer and actor, recalls his years as a stand-up comedian, from the early 1960s to 1981.

8.(x) The Age of Turbulence, by Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press, $35.) A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

9. Quiet Strength, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. (He and the Indianapolis Colts won it in February.)

1. 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.

2. Deceptively Delicious, by Jessica Seinfeld. (Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Tips and recipes to fool children into eating right, from a mother of three (and the wife of Jerry Seinfeld).

3. The Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. (Collins/HarperCollins,$24.95.) Stories and projects for adventure seekers.

4. The Dangerous Book for Boys, by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden. (Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Skipping stones, tying knots and other essential activities -- video games not included.

5. Become a Better You, by Joel Osteen. (FreePress, $25.) Seven keys to living with joy andpeace. (b)