National bestsellers: July 3

1. PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend's wife.

2. SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts.

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

4. THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, $26.) A public relations executive and the woman he loves expose a dangerous conspiracy.

5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

6. FOREIGN INFLUENCE, by Brad Thor. (Atria, $26.99.) Covert operative Scott Harvath joins a new spy agency and investigates a bombing in Rome that killed American students.

7. THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin. (Ballantine, $27.) More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America.

9. FAMILY TIES, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.) A woman who raised her deceased sister's three children must juggle their needs, her business and the new man in her life.

10. ICE COLD, by Tess Gerritsen. (Ballantine, $26.) A group of friends are murdered when they take refuge in a remote abandoned village in Wyoming.

1. ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.

2. MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Bourdain looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures since the publication of his "Kitchen Confidential" 10 years ago.

3. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

5(x). SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush. (Scribner, $30.) A memoir from the former first lady.

6. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S.C. Gwynne. (Scribner, $27.50.) The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

7(x). WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of "The Perfect Storm."

8. HOME TEAM, by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican. (NAL, $24.95.) The New Orleans Saints coach describes the team's Super Bowl victory, which raised the city's spirits four years after Hurricane Katrina.

9. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed, from the author of "Blink."

11(x). UNCHARTED TERRITORI, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Gallery Books, $25.) Humorous stories about juggling Hollywood work, marriage and motherhood, from the author of "Mommywood" and star of "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood."

1. WOMEN FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth. (Scribner, $24.) How women can improve their relationship with food and their bodies.

2. DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh. (Business Plus, $23.99.) Lessons from business (pizza place, worm farm, Zappos) and life. (b)

3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on "seizing every moment," from a Carnegie Mellon University professor who died of cancer at age 47.

4. SWITCH, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. (Broadway, $26.) How everyday people can effect transformative change at work and in life. (b)