National bestsellers

1. AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) In the wake of the Lockerbie bombing, Mitch Rapp takes on his first anti-terrorist assignment.

2. FALL OF GIANTS, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $36.) Five interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

3(x). 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 REVERSAL, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Defense lawyer Mickey Haller and LAPD detective Harry Bosch join forces against a child-killer.

5. SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) The arrival of a mysterious young woman in a small North Carolina town raises questions about her past.

6(x). FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) A family of Midwestern liberals during the Bush years; by the author of "The Corrections."

7. OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, by John le Carre. (Viking, $27.95.) An upwardly mobile British couple caught in Russian intrigue.

9. DON'T BLINK, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A reporter finds himself involved in a war between the Italian mob and the Russian mafia.

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

1. EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A visitor's guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show."

2. TRICKLE UP POVERTY, by Michael Savage. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The radio host criticizes Obama's policies on the borders, the economy and security.

3. OBAMA'S WARS, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) The inside story of how decisions were made on the war in Afghanistan, the campaign in Pakistan and the fight against terrorism.

5. AT HOME, by Bill Bryson. (Doubleday, $28.95.) The evolution of private life as exemplified by the rooms of the houses we live in.

6. PINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.

7. -------- FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Gallery, $25.99.) Stories of bad decisions, debauchery and sexual recklessness.

8. WASHINGTON, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin Press, $40.) A biography of the first president.

9. EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE, by Condoleezza Rice. (Crown Archetype, $27.) The former secretary of state's memoir stresses the role her parents played as she grew up in Birmingham, Ala.

1. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2011, edited by Craig Glenday. (Guinness, $28.95.) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

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

3. THE POWER, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria, $23.95.) Living the life of your dreams, from the author of "The Secret."

4(x). POWER THOUGHTS, by Joyce Meyer. (FaithWords, $21.99.) A Bible teacher offers 12 strategies for overcoming negative thinking.

5. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BE GREAT, by Alan Fine with Rebecca R. Merrill. (Portfolio Penguin, $25.95.) How to remove the obstacles that get in the way of applying skills you have. (b)