National book bestsellers

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

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

3. 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.

4. ABUSE OF POWER, by Michael Savage. (St. Martin's, $25.99.) A former war correspondent works to expose a terrorist group and a plot at the highest levels of power.

5. ROBERT B. PARKER'S KILLING THE BLUES, by Michael Brandman. (Putnam, $25.95.) Jesse Stone, the chief of police in Paradise, Mass., confronts an outbreak of murders; a continuation of the series by Parker, who died in 2010.

6. THE RACE, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95.) It is 1910 and the age of flying machines is still in its infancy. Detective Isaac Bell's new adventure is taking off.

7. 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."

9. THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) A gifted but vulnerable ballplayer faces a crisis.

10(x). GODDESS OF VENGEANCE, by Jackie Collins. (St. Martin's, $26.99.) Lucky Santangelo fends off a Middle Eastern prince who wants to buy her Las Vegas hotel complex.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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 U.S. politics.

5. 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.

6. PEARL JAM TWENTY, by Pearl Jam. (Simon & Schuster, $40.) Two decades of reminiscences, set lists and photographs from the Seattle band and their friends.

7. 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.

8. HERE COMES TROUBLE, by Michael Moore. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Stories from the life of the provocative filmmaker.

9(x). THE BLACK BANNERS, by Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman. ( Norton, $26.95.) Rivalry and dysfunction among counterintelligence agencies made it impossible to stop the 9/11 plot, according to this former FBI agent.

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. THE LEAN STARTUP, by Eric Ries. (Crown Business, $26.) An approach to creating startup companies inspired by lean manufacturing methods. (b)

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

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

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