National bestsellers

1. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam, $35.) After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

2. THE IDEAL MAN, by Julie Garwood. (Dutton, $26.95.) A doctor who witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent finds herself drawn to the agent leading the case.

3. FULL BLACK, by Brad Thor. (Atria, $26.99.) Covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath has a plan to stop a terrorist group that wants to take down the United States.

4. VICTORY AND HONOR, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. (Putnam, $26.95.) Weeks after Hitler's suicide, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are up to their necks in battles that are as fierce as the ones just ended.

5. COLD VENGEANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Devastated by the discovery that his wife was murdered, Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he hunts her betrayers, a monstrous conspiracy emerges.

6. GHOST STORY, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $27.95.) Harry Dresden, the wizard detective in Chicago, has been murdered. But that doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger.

7. ASCENSION, by Christie Golden. (LucasBooks, $27.) The Jedi face the Sith, a deposed dictator and an evil entity hungry to become a god; a "Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi" book.

9. PORTRAIT OF A SPY, by Daniel Silva. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) To stop a network of death, an international operative must reach into his violent past.

10. RETRIBUTION, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin's, $25.99.) Brought back to life by a Greek goddess, former gunslinger Jess Brady is tasked with finding the creature who's assassinating Dark-Hunters.

1. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. (Simon & Schuster, $24.99.) A woman's recollection of being kidnapped at age 11, spending 18 years imprisoned by a convicted rapist and his wife and bearing two daughters by him.

2. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

3. 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 U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.

5. AFTER AMERICA, by Mark Steyn. (Regnery, $29.95.) The writer foresees Armageddon for the United States, which he says has caught up with Europe in the rush to self-destruction. (b)

6. THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster, $37.50.) Historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.

7(x). BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $26.99.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock."

8. 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.

9. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) A Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course, from his career at the University of Florida to his rookie season in Denver.

1. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four cycles to help you burn fat every day. (b)

2. GO THE ---- TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. (Akashic Books, $14.95.) A children's book parody for tired parents.

3. PRIME TIME, by Jane Fonda. (Random House, $27.) The actress and workout pioneer offers suggestions on exercise, diet, meditation and "successful aging."

4. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan. (Crown Archetype, $26.) A program that rejects calorie counting and assigns protein a major role.

5. THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, $27.) A diet and fitness book from the author of "The 4-Hour Workweek."