National bestsellers: May 15

1. DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war.

2. HEART OF THE MATTER, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's, $26.99.) The lives of two women, one married to a pediatric plastic surgeon, the other a lawyer and single mother, converge after an accident involving the lawyer's son.

3. FEVER DREAM, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, who has long thought that his wife was killed in an accident, learns that she was murdered.

4. INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) When Rusty Sabich's wife is found dead, Tommy Molto accuses him of murder for the second time, as Turow revisits the characters from "Presumed Innocent."

5. THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who's preying on women and children.

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

7. DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Two agents are tracking the same man, a human trafficker who is now dealing in nuclear arms.

9. MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes. (El Leon Literary Arts/Atlantic Monthly, $24.95.) Marines in Vietnam in 1969.

10. LOVER MINE, by J.R. Ward. (New American Library, $25.95.) Book 8 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

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

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

3. WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of U.S. soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan.

5. THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. (Viking, $30.) Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

6. S--- 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.

7. STEINBRENNER, by Bill Madden. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A biography of the New York Yankees owner.

8. THIS TIME TOGETHER, by Carol Burnett. (Harmony, $25.) The comedian describes her rise in show business and the people she's met along the way.

9. CRISIS ECONOMICS, by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) How the global financial system broke down in 2008, and what may happen if new regulations are not embraced.

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

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

2. HEROES FOR MY SON, by Brad Meltzer. (HarperStudio/HarperCollins, $19.99.) Brief profiles of 52 people a youngster can look up to.

3. EXTRA LEAN, by Mario Lopez with Jimmy Pena. (Celebra, $24.95.) Recipes and a seven-week meal plan to lose weight.

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