National bestsellers for week ended Dec. 24

1. 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald, but first he must determine if Oswald is guilty.

2. THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case after a fast-track burnout joins them.

3. KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $28.99.) Alex Cross investigates when the president's children are kidnapped, but the FBI and CIA stand in his way.

4(x). LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.

5. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P.D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy marry, their comfortable life is shaken by a murder, as James recreates the world of "Pride and Prejudice" with a mysterious twist.

6. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman who have gone their separate ways return to their North Carolina town for the funeral of a friend.

7. RED MIST, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a string of killings she believes are linked to the murder of her former deputy; the 19th Scarpetta book.

9. V IS FOR VENGEANCE, by Sue Grafton. (Marian Wood/Putnam, $27.95.) Pursuing a shoplifter, Kinsey Millhone discovers that retail crime is run by organized gangs.

10. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.

11(x). THE DROP, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Harry Bosch of the LAPD uncovers both the operations of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy.

1. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.

2. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The commentator looks at the events surrounding one of the most consequential episodes of U.S. history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

4. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.

5. JACK KENNEDY, by Chris Matthews. (Simon & Schuster, $27.50.) An admiring portrait.

6. BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, $26.) How Washington turned himself into the indispensable (if imperfect) man.

7. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.

8. CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House, $35.) From the author of "Nicholas and Alexandra," the life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became empress of all the Russias.

10. THEN AGAIN, by Diane Keaton. (Random House, $26.) The actress uses her mother's diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life.

11(x). BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $25.95.) A look at some of the places -- Greece, Ireland, Iceland -- hardest hit by the recent financial collapse of 2008.

1. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2012, edited by Craig Glenday. (Guinness, $28.95.) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

2. GO THE (EXPLETIVE) TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. (Akashic Books, $14.95.) A children's book parody for tired parents.

3. EVERY DAY A FRIDAY, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords, $24.99.) A guide to finding happiness every day, by the pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston. (b)

5. PAULA DEEN'S SOUTHERN COOKING BIBLE, by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $29.99.) Classic Southern dishes for every occasion.