National bestsellers for week ended Jan. 14

1. BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George. (Dutton, $28.95.) Inspector Thomas Lynley's investigation of a murder unearths the secrets of a wealthy clan.

2. PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown & Co., $27.99.) When a former lover's body is found in his bed, Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.

3. GIDEON'S CORPSE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Gideon Crew works to avoid a threatened terrorist attack on an American city.

4. DARTH PLAGUEIS, by James Luceno. (LucasBooks, $27.) The Sith legend of Darth Plagueis, the most powerful Dark Lord of the Sith, who could keep the ones he cared about from dying; a "Star Wars" novel.

5(x). 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.

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. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) In the third volume of the Millennium trilogy, Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist confront a governmental adversary.

9. LOTHAIRE, by Kresley Cole. (Gallery Books, $25.) A ruthless vampire captures a young mortal woman, intending to sacrifice her, but is torn when he falls in love.

10. 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.

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. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.

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

5. 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.

6(x). THE OBAMAS, by Jodi Kantor. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The ups and downs of building a life in the White House

7. 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.

8. ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, by Sally Bedell Smith. (Random House, $30.) The public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II as she approaches her Diamond Jubilee.

9. GREEDY BASTARDS, by Dylan Ratigan. (Simon & Schuster, $25.) The host of MSNBC's "Dylan Ratigan Show" proposes solutions to problems of banking, education, health care and dependence on foreign oil.

1. TAKING PEOPLE WITH YOU, by David Novak. (Portfolio/Penguin, $25.95.) How to make big things happen by getting people on your side. (b)

2. CHOOSE TO LOSE, by Chris Powell. (Hyperion, $24.99.) The TV fitness trainer teaches you how to use carbs as part of a weight-loss plan.

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

4. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four 17-day cycles are designed to work with your metabolism so you can burn fat every day. (b)

5. THE DASH DIET ACTION PLAN, by Marla Heller. (Grand Central Life & Style, $22.99.) Steps to lower blood pressure and cholesterol without meds. (b)