National bestsellers
Top-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.
1. NOW YOU SEE HER, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Nina Bloom, who years ago changed her identity to save her life, is forced to confront the past and the killer she thought she had escaped.
2. SMOKIN' SEVENTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam, $28.) A killer is after bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, who faces further complications as she tries to choose a boyfriend.
3. THE SILENT GIRL, by Tess Gerritsen. (Ballantine, $26.) Homicide cop Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles find a corpse and a severed hand in Boston's Chinatown.
4. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep. (Putnam, $28.95.) Maxwell Moore, a former CIA officer, pursues the terrorists who killed his colleagues in a bomb attack off the coast of Pakistan.
5. STATE OF WONDER, by Ann Patchett. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) In the Amazon basin, a medical researcher seeks her former mentor, a despotic scientist who is developing a miracle fertility drug.
6. ONE SUMMER, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $25.99.) After the death of his devoted wife, a father struggles to keep his family together, and in the process learns to love again.
7. MAINE, by J. Courtney Sullivan. (Knopf, $25.95.) Three generations of a family's women take guilt, secrets and old wounds on a beach retreat.
8. 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. BETRAYAL OF TRUST, by J.A. Jance. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) A teenage girl is murdered on film, and Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont must find out who sent the video to the governor's grandson.
10. SILVER GIRL, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $26.99.) The wife of a Wall Street crook retreats to Nantucket, where she faces an array of relationship troubles.
11(x). ESCAPE, by Barbara Delinsky. (Doubleday, $25.95.) A Manhattan attorney flees her corporate job and returns to a New England town where she spent a momentous summer.
NONFICTION
1. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
2. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $26.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party concentrates on William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
3. THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster, $37.50.) The historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.
4. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $26.99.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock."
5. SEAL TEAM SIX, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. (St. Martin's, $26.99.) An expert sniper and former member of the Navy SEALs recounts his training and missions, including the battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
6. THE MIRACLE OF FREEDOM, by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart. (Shadow Mountain, $28.99.) A claim that historical tipping points helped ensure contemporary democracy.
7(x). RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. (Times Books/Holt, $30.) This account of 2008's financial crisis highlights responsible individuals.
8. LIES THAT CHELSEA HANDLER TOLD ME, by Chelsea Handler, Glen Handler, Roy Handler and others. (Grand Central, $24.99.) Handler's friends, family members and colleagues write about being victims of her practical jokes.
9(x). DEMONIC, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $28.99.) The columnist compares the Democratic Party to a mob.
10. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his life, faith and professional course, from his career at the University of Florida to his rookie season in Denver.
ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)
2(x). GO THE ---- TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. (Akashic Books, $14.95.) A children's book parody for tired parents.
3. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major role.
4. THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, $27.) A diet and fitness book from the author of "The 4-Hour Workweek."
5. LOVE WINS, by Rob Bell. (HarperOne/HarperCollins, $22.99.) A pastor gives his views on understanding heaven, hell and salvation. (b)
Rankings reflect sales for the week that ended July 9 at thousands of venues nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
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