Best sellers

1. Blood Noir, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Berkley, $25.95.) Vampire hunter Anita Blake is involved in a scandal that threatens master vampire Jean-Claude's power.

2. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.

3. Odd Hours, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town.

4. Love the One You're With, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's, $24.95) A woman's happy marriage is shaken when she encounters an old boyfriend.

5. Sundays at Tiffany's, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love.

6. Chasing Harry Winston, by Lauren Weisberger. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) Three glamorous friends, New York women nearing 30, vow to change their lives.

7. The Front, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $22.95.) A state investigator and his team from "At Risk" confront a rogue association of municipal police departments in Massachusetts.

9.(x) Phantom Prey, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates a string of murders of young Goths.

10. Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk. (Doubleday, $24.95.) An aging porn queen aims to cap her career by having sex on film with 600 men in one day.

1. What Happened, by Scott McClellan. (PublicAffairs, $27.95.) A former White House press secretary regrets that "I allowed myself to be deceived" by top officials.

2. Audition, by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir.

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

5. Stolen Innocence, by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer. (Morrow, $25.95.) The star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs recalls her upbringing in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints and describes how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin when she was 14.

6. My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor. (Viking, $24.95.) A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke, which produced a sense of euphoria when it damaged her left brain.

7. The Downhill Lie, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $22.) The Florida novelist takes up golf again after 32 years.

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

9. The Great Derangement, by Matt Taibbi. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.) An examination of the American public on the eve of the election, its views "forged in a crucible of ... nihilism."

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

3. Quantum Wellness, by Kathy Freston. (Weinstein, $23.95.) How small changes can lead to significant improvements in body and spirit. (b)

4. 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."

5. Ghosts Among Us, by James Van Praagh. (HarperOne/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Using knowledge about death and the spirit world to lead a more enlightened life.