Local bestsellers

1. Divine Justice, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.) Members of Washington's Camel Club rally to save their leader, who is hiding out in the town of Divine, Va.

2. Salvation in Death, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam, $25.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a priest who was not who he seemed.

3. Swallowing Darkness, by Laurell Hamilton. (Ballantine, $26.) In the seventh Meredith Gentry paranormal romance, Meredith is pregnant with twins by one of her guards; their birth will enable her to claim her place as queen of faerie, but enemies plot against her.

4. The Gate House, by Nelson DeMille. (Grand Central, $27.99.) In a sequel to "The Gold Coast" (1990), a tax attorney and his ex-wife explore a reconciliation.

5. Extreme Measures, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.95.) Mitch Rapp teams up with a CIA colleague to fight a terrorist cell and the politicians who would rein them in.

6. The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A Marine returning home sets out to track down a woman whose photo he found in Iraq.

7. Midnight, by Sister Souljah. (Atria, $26.95.) A boy from Sudan struggles to protect his mother and sister and remain true to his Islamic principles in a Brooklyn housing project.

9(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 death.

10. A Good Woman, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) An American society girl who made a new life as a doctor in World War I France returns to New York.

1. Dewey, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and its rise to fame.

2. The Snowball, by Alice Schroeder. (Bantam, $35.) The life of Warren Buffett.

3. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

5. Against Medical Advice, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman. (Little, Brown, $26.99.) A family's struggle to get treatment for their son's Tourette's syndrome.

6. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.) How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.

7. The American Journey of Barack Obama, by the editors of Life magazine. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) Photographs and essays, starting with Obama's birth in Hawaii.

8. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama. (Crown, $25.95.) The president-elect on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.

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

1. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, by Ina Garten. (Clarkson Potter, $35.) Cooking techniques and nearly 100 new recipes for elegant meals.

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

3. Flat Belly Diet!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. (Rodale, $25.95.) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.

4. The Purpose of Christmas, by Rick Warren. (Howard Books, $17.99.) Reclaiming the holiday as a time for celebration, salvation and reconciliation.

5. Guinness World Records 2009, edited by Craig Glenday. (Guinness, $28.95.) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.