National bestsellers for week ended Feb.18

1. PRIVATE GAMES, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Peter Knight, a member of the Private investigative firm, pursues a murderer who is trying to destroy the London Olympics.

2. KILL SHOT, by Vince Flynn. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $27.99.) A CIA superagent hunting down perpetrators of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing finds himself caught in a dangerous trap.

3. THE WOLF GIFT, by Anne Rice. (Knopf, $25.95.) The making of a modern werewolf.

4. I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $26.) A frazzled bride-to-be creates havoc when she appropriates a cellphone she found in the trash.

5. DEFENDING JACOB, by William Landay. (Delacorte, $26.) An assistant district attorney's life is shaken when his 14-year-old son is accused of murder.

6. 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.

7. 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 re-creates the world of "Pride and Prejudice" with a mysterious twist.

9. HOME FRONT, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) A woman's husband and children are challenged when she is deployed to Iraq.

10V(x). CATCH ME, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton, $26.95.) A woman asks Boston detective D.D. Warren to prevent her from being murdered in four days.

1. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A Navy SEAL who has the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.

2. AMERITOPIA, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $26.99.) A talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation surveys the history of utopias and warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty.

3. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The commentator looks at the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

5. BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo. (Random House, $27.) A journalist reports on families striving for better lives in a Mumbai slum.

6. ONCE UPON A SECRET, by Mimi Alford. (Random House, $25.) A former White House intern recounts her affair with John F. Kennedy.

7(x). QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown, $26.) Introverts -- one-third of the population -- are undervalued in American society.

8. BRINGING UP BÉBÉ, by Pamela Druckerman. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) An American mother discovers the principles of French parenting.

9. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific.

1. THE START-UP OF YOU, by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. (Crown Business, $26.) Hoffman, of LinkedIn, and Casnocha suggest you manage your career as if it were a start-up business.

2. THE END OF ILLNESS, by David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg. (Free Press, $26.) With a blend of storytelling, research and ideas, a cancer doctor challenges perceptions about what "health" means.

3. SEXPERIMENT, by Ed and Lisa Young. (Faith Words, $21.99.) A pastor and his wife talk about intimacy in marriage. (b)

4. THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY, by Jessica Fellowes. (St. Martin's, $29.99.) The TV drama's companion book offers story and character insights.

5. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)