National bestsellers: March 24

1. HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $28.) A teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome is accused of murder.

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

3. FANTASY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $26.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a fantasy-game entrepreneur; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith. (Grand Central, $21.99.) Lincoln fights the undead; by the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

5. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A New York detective raising 10 children alone investigates a string of kidnappings and killings of teenagers by a villain with unusual motives.

6. BIG GIRL, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.) A woman with weight issues learns to accept herself.

7(x) BLACK MAGIC SANCTION, by Kim Harrison. (Eos/HarperCollins, $25.99.) A witch who is also a bounty hunter is shunned by her kind; the eighth Rachel Morgan book.

9. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.

10. THE POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $25.95.) Ordinary life in a Massachusetts small town and an American radio reporter in England in the 1940s.

11(x) WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin's, $26.99.) After their father's death, two sisters must cooperate to run his apple orchard and care for their difficult mother.

1. NO APOLOGY, by Mitt Romney. (St. Martin's, $25.99.) The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate calls for economic and civic revitalization. (b)

2. LIFT, by Kelly Corrigan. (Voice/Hyperion, $16.99.) Stories about parenting, written as a letter to the author's daughters.

4. NOT WITHOUT HOPE, by Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) A man survives a deep-sea fishing trip gone terribly wrong.

5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown, $26.) Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.

6. NO ONE WOULD LISTEN, by Harry Markopolos with others. (Wiley, $27.95.) The man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff and was ignored.

7. THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose. (NAL Caliber, $26.95.) Stories of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion volume for an HBO mini-series.

8. WILLIE MAYS, by James S. Hirsch. (Scribner, $30.) The life and career of a baseball legend.

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

1. PAYBACK TIME, by Phil Town. (Crown Business, $26.99.) A set of rules for investing in the right businesses at the right time. (b)

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

3. THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, by Gretchen Rubin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99.) A year spent focusing on the things that really matter.

4. USE YOUR HEAD TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR, by Harvey Mackay. (Portfolio, $25.95.) Secrets for getting and keeping a job you truly love, at any age. (b)

6 (x) SO LONG, INSECURITY, by Beth Moore. (Tyndale House, $24.99.) The Bible instructor shares her insights for boosting women's self-confidence. (b)