Bestsellers

September 16, 2008 at 11:01PM

FICTION

1. Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs. (Scribner, $25.95.) In the 11th Temperance Brennan mystery, the forensic anthropologist must identify two victims of voodoo and devil worship.

2. The Gypsy Morph, by Terry Brooks. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27.) In the third volume of the Genesis of Shannara series, champions of the Word and the Void clash.

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial, $22.) After World War II, a journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.

4. Silks, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. (Putnam, $25.95.) A British defense lawyer and amateur jockey reluctantly represents another jockey who seems to be guilty of murder.

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.(x) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father's murder.

7. The Bourne Sanction, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Grand Central, $25.99.) Jason Bourne pursues the leader of a Muslim terrorist group.

8.(x) Smoke Screen, by Sandra Brown. (Simon & Schuster, $26.95.) Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at police headquarters in Charleston, S.C.

9. The Force Unleashed, by Sean Williams. (Del Rey, $26.) An apprentice to Darth Vader is dispatched to kill the last of his master's enemies.

10. Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $26.95.) An art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service uncovers a Russian arms sales plot.

NONFICTION

1. Stori Telling, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) A memoir. (b)

2. The Obama Nation, by Jerome Corsi. (Threshold, $28.) The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from a co-author of "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry." (b)

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

4. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist's latest essays.

5. The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso. (Regnery, $27.95.) The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist. (b)

6. The Way of the World, by Ron Suskind. (Harper, 27.95.) How the Bush administration manipulated evidence about Iraq in its rush to war and other post-9/11 issues.

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

8. The Limits of Power, by Andrew Bacevich. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.) A retired Army colonel argues that Americans are responsible for the country's woes. (b)

9. The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India.

10. The Wrecking Crew, by Thomas Frank. (Metropolitan/Holt, $25.) The deliberate mismanagement of Republican rule.

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on "seizing every moment" from Pausch, a professor who died of pancreatic cancer at 47.

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

3. You: Staying Young, by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz et al. (Free Press, $26.) The principle of longevity and how to combat the effects of aging.

4. The 4-hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Reconstructing your life so that it's not all about work.

5. The One Hundred, by Nina Garcia (Collins Living, $21.95.) A judge from the TV show "Project Runway" names the 100 fashion items she believes will never go out of style.

An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Rankings relflect sales for the week ending Aug. 30 at almost 4,000 bookstores.

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