National bestsellers for week ended Jan. 7

1. PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $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.

2. LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) A former magazine editor attempts to turn her parents' summer house into a bed-and-breakfast.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 77 SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $28.) A 19th-century tycoon's mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces.

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

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. 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 a friend's funeral.

10(x). 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.

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

2. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A member of the Navy SEALs 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.

3. 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.

5. 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.

6. CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House, $35.) The life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became empress of all the Russias.

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

8. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson, $21.99.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son's encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.

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

1. REAL MARRIAGE, by Mark and Grace Driscoll. (Thomas Nelson, $22.99.) A pastor and his wife discuss sex, friendship and marriage.

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

3. 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)

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

5. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major role.