Best sellers

1. Fearless Fourteen, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $27.95.) Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend become involved when his cousin's bank robbery goes bad.

2. Sail, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A sailing vacation turns into a disaster when someone attempts to destroy a family.

3. Tailspin, by Catherine Coulter. (Putnam, $25.95.) A married couple who are FBI agents come to the aid of a colleague protecting a Washington psychiatrist who has been disclosing secrets about his powerful patients.

4. Rogue, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A divorced doctor on the verge of remarriage faces a quandary when her exasperating ex-husband, a dot-com millionaire, wants her to work with him on a humanitarian project.

5. 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.

6. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A young mute who can communicate with dogs takes refuge with three of them in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father.

7. The Last Oracle, by James Rollins. (Morrow, $26.95.) Sigma Force operatives battle a group of rogue scientists.

9. The Beach House, by Jane Green. (Viking, $24.95.) A woman's life changes when she rents out rooms in her Nantucket house.

10. 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.

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist's latest essays deal with middle age, mortality and giving up smoking.

2. Fleeced, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper, $26.95.) Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. (b)

3. 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.

5. The Monster of Florence, by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi. (Grand Central, $25.99.) An American writer who moved to Florence works with an Italian journalist to discover the identity of a local serial killer.

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

7. My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor. (Viking, $24.95.) A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke.

8. The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.

9. Big Russ and Me, by Tim Russert. (Miramax, $22.95.) The host of "Meet the Press" remembers his father.

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. End of Days, by Sylvia Browne. (Dutton, $23.95.) A professed psychic interprets end-of-the-world prophecies.

4. The South Beach Diet Supercharged, by Arthur Agatston with Joseph Signorile. (Rodale, $25.95.) A guide to faster weight loss.

5. Women and Money, by Suze Orman. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Advice for overcoming one's dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track.