National bestsellers

1. THE OMEN MACHINE, by Terry Goodkind. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $29.99.) A return to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell, in a tale of a new threat to their world.

2. 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."

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. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) Three women -- a white socialite and two black maids -- work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.

5(x). COLD VENGEANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, 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. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. (Simon & Schuster, $24.99.) A woman's recollection of being kidnapped at the age of 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 the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.

5. 1493, by Charles C. Mann. (Knopf, $30.50.) Picking up where "1491" left off, the author says that ecological encounters since Columbus have affected much of subsequent human history.

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

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

9(x). 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.

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

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

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

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

5. AFTERSHOCK, by David Wiedemer, Robert A. Wiedemer and Cindy Spitzer. (Wiley, $27.95.) Protecting yourself and profiting in the next global financial crisis. (b)