Best sellers

1. Duma Key, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.

2. Plum Lucky, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $17.95.) Stephanie's mother finds a bag of cash and goes gambling in Atlantic City, pursued by the money's owner.

3. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A rare-book expert unlocks the secrets of a medieval manuscript.

4. 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.

5. 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."

6. Beverly Hills Dead, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) Murder and political intrigue during the Hollywood Red Scare of the 1940s.

7. The Senator's Wife, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her husband's persistent infidelity.

8. Sword Song, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper, $25.95.) In this fourth volume of the Saxon Tales, set in the late ninth century, Viking raiders have taken over London.

9. Blasphemy, by Douglas Preston. (Tom Doherty/Forge, $25.95.) A CIA operative tracks scientists with a huge supercollider who are poised to discover the secret of creation.

10. The Shooters, by W.E.B. Grittin. (Putnam, $26.95.) An Army officer on the trail of a missing drug enforcement agent is undermined by the military and intelligence communities.

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

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

3. Tom Cruise, by Andrew Morton. (St. Martin's, $25.95.) An unauthorized biography.

4. 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.

5. Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston. (Portfolio, $24.95.) How lobbyists and lawyers have wangled government subsidies for the wealthy.

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

7. 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."

8. Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner. (Twelve, $25.99.) A writer explores to what degree an individual's happiness is intertwined with a shared geography and culture.

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 did it last year.)

10. The Great Awakening, by Jim Wallis. (HarperOne, $25.95.) How religious faith can be a force for fighting social problems like poverty and global warning.

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 Food You Crave, by Ellie Krieger. (Taunton, $28.) Recipes with a focus on fresh, healthy food, from the host of the Food Network's "Healthy Appetite."

3. Become a Better You, by Joel Osteen. (Free Press, $25.) Seven keys to living with joy and peace.

4. How Not to Look Old, by Charla Krupp. (Springboard, $25.99.) Advice from a former beauty editor.

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. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Jan. 26 at almost 4,000 bookstores.