New York Times bestsellers

FICTION

1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown, $25.) A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

2. EMPIRE AND HONOR, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. (Putnam, $27.95.) An OSS agent's plan to help his German intelligence counterparts reach Argentina encounters trouble; Book 7 of the Honor Bound series.

3. THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) An imprisoned ex-lawyer schemes to exchange information about a murdered federal judge for his freedom.

4. THE FORGOTTEN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.)

Military investigator John Puller, the protagonist of "Zero Day," probes his aunt's mysterious death in Florida.

5. THREAT VECTOR, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) As China threatens to invade Taiwan, covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. aids his father's administration — but his agency is no longer secret.

7. CROSS ROADS, by Wm. Paul Young. (FaithWords, $24.99.) A comatose businessman encounters Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God; from the author of "The Shack."

8. SHADOW WOMAN, by Linda Howard. (Ballantine, $27.) A woman's inexplicable strange memories and altered appearance result from a far-reaching conspiracy.

9. NOTORIOUS NINETEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam, $28.)

New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks down a con man who disappeared from a hospital.

10(x). THE CASUAL VACANCY, by J.K. Rowling. (Little, Brown, $35.) The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town.

1. KILLING KENNEDY, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

2. THOMAS JEFFERSON, by Jon Meacham. (Random House, $35.) The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer celebrates Jefferson's skills as a practical politician.

3. THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY, by Jared Diamond. (Viking, $36.) The author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" examines what we can learn from traditional societies.

4. NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. (Dutton, $26.95.) An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden.

5. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

7(x). AMERICA AGAIN, by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell, et al. (Grand Central, $28.99.)

The mock pundit of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" tells how to bring the United States back from the brink.

8. THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE, by Nate Silver. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) An examination of predictions, the ones that come true and the ones that don't.

9. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf, $25.95.) A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

10. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.)

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. SHRED: THE REVOLUTIONARY DIET, by Ian K. Smith. (St. Martin's, $24.99.) A six-week system that combines meal spacing, snacking, meal replacement, strategic exercise and other elements.

2. TO SELL IS HUMAN, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead, $26.95.)

Exploring the power of selling in our lives.

3. 7 YEARS YOUNGER, by the editors of Good Housekeeping. (7YY, $25.95.) A combination beauty plan and diet-and-fitness program. (b)

5. MAY CAUSE MIRACLES, by Gabrielle Bernstein. (Harmony, $23.) A 40-day guidebook of subtle shifts for those who want greater happiness.

Rankings reflect sales for the week that ended Jan. 5 at thousands of venues nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some booksellers report receiving bulk orders.