National book bestsellers 10/19

1. THE AFFAIR, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) For Jack Reacher, an elite military police officer, it all started in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A cover-up.

2. 1225 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $16.95.) Puppies and an ex-husband loom large in the last installment of the Cedar Cove series.

3. FEAST DAY OF FOOLS, by James Lee Burke. (Simon & Schuster, $26.99.) Danger increases tenfold as Sheriff Hackberry Holland investigates a case in the desert.

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern. (Doubleday, $26.95.) Two young rivals at a magical circus become collaborators as they fall in love.

5. LETHAL, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central, $26.99.) A woman, her daughter and a man accused of murder evade the authorities as they search for her dead husband's secrets.

6. ALEPH, by Paulo Coelho. (Knopf, $24.95.) A crisis of faith is the impetus for a journey through time and space, on a path that teaches love, forgiveness and courage.

7. SON OF STONE, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $26.95.) New York lawyer Stone Barrington gets to know his teenage son and proposes to the boy's mother.

9. NEW YORK TO DALLAS, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam, $27.95.) An escaped child molester pursues Lt. Eve Dallas; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

10. HEAT RISES, by Richard Castle. (Hyperion, $25.99.) An NYPD homicide detective uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the department's highest levels.

11(x). 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, an assassin, and a rival assassin who wants the Ghost gone forever.

1. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The anchor of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts one of the more consequential episodes of U.S. history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

2. JACQUELINE KENNEDY: HISTORIC CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY. (Hyperion, $60.) Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.

4. CONFIDENCE MEN, by Ron Suskind. (Harper/HarperCollins, $29.99.) President Obama and his advisers, often at odds with one another, respond to the economic crisis.

5. DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, by Candice Millard. (Doubleday, $28.95.) The life and death by assassination (and medical malpractice) of President James Garfield.

6. THAT USED TO BE US, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) How America fell behind in the world it invented, and how it can come back.

7. 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.

8. 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.

10. 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.

1. EVERY DAY A FRIDAY, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords, $24.99.) A guide to finding happiness every day, by the pastor of Lakewood Church. (b)

2. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2012, edited by Craig Glenday. (Guinness, $28.95.) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

3. ENTRELEADERSHIP, by Dave Ramsey. (Howard, $26.) Practical advice for growing your business.

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