National bestsellers

1. KILL ME IF YOU CAN, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) When a young man finds a bag of diamonds, he gets the attention of the Ghost, a major assassin, and a rival assassin who wants the Ghost gone forever.

2. THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $30.) A closer look at telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, her family and, of course, her lovers.

3. 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."

4. A TRICK OF THE LIGHT, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur, $25.99.) Called to a case, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of homicide encounters a world where nothing is as it seems.

5. FLASH AND BONES, by Kathy Reichs. (Scribner, $26.99.) A turbocharged case unfolds for forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the series behind the show "Bones."

6. THE LEFTOVERS, by Tom Perrotta. (St. Martin's, $25.99.) In Perrotta's version of the Rapture, Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims as well as Christians mysteriously disappear.

7. ONLY TIME WILL TELL, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) The first volume of the Clifton Chronicles tells the story of one family across generations and oceans.

9. 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.

10(x). 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.

1. IN MY TIME, by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney. (Threshold Editions, $35.) The former vice president opens up about his life and nearly four decades at the core of American politics.

2. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. RAFA, by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin. (Hyperion, $27.99.) The 25-year-old tennis star reveals the secrets of his game and shares the story behind his meteoric rise.

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

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

5. WHEAT BELLY, by William Davis. (Rodale, $25.99.) An examination of wheat in modern diets and an argument for its elimination.