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New York Times bestsellers

March 5, 2013 at 8:18PM

FICTION

1. A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy. (Knopf, $26.95.) Guests interact at an inn by the sea on Ireland's west coast; the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.

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

3. TENTH OF DECEMBER, by George Saunders. (Random House, $26.) Stories that take on the big questions.

4. GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $28.) Los Angeles psychologist/detective Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis turn their sights six decades back to pursue the story of a beautiful nurse and her lover.

5. A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $34.99.) The 14th and final novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series.

6. PRIVATE BERLIN, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown & Co., $27.99.) A superstar agent at the German headquarters of an investigation firm disappears.

7. SUSPECT, by Robert Crais. (Putnam, $27.95.) A Los Angeles policeman and a German shepherd, both suffering from PTSD, search for the killers of the cop's partner.

8. TOUCH AND GO, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton, $26.95.) An investigator probing the disappearance of a seemingly perfect Boston family must dig beneath the surface.

9(x). THE DINNER, by Herman Koch. (Hogarth, $24.) Two couples meet in an Amsterdam restaurant to discuss their sons' criminal activities.

10. THE NIGHT RANGER, by Alex Berenson. (Putnam, $27.95.) Former CIA operative John Wells pitches in when four young Americans who work at a refugee camp in Somalia are kidnapped by bandits.

NONFICTION

1. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A member of the Navy SEALs, recently shot to death in Texas, discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

2. MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor. (Knopf, $27.95.) Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton, joining the Manhattan district attorney's office and becoming a federal judge.

3. COOLIDGE, by Amity Shlaes. (Harper/HarperCollins, $35.) The 30th president is reclaimed as a conservative hero in this biography.

4. THE FUTURE, by Al Gore. (Random House, $30.) The six drivers of global change that are reshaping our world.

5. 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.

6. 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). FRANCONA, by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.) The manager's Red Sox years.

8. DRINKING AND TWEETING, by Brandi Glanville with Leslie Bruce. (Gallery Books, $25.) One of the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" describes growing up poor, her contentious divorce, her DWI and other adventures.

9. LONG SHOT, by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler. (Simon & Schuster, $27.) The catcher's memoir.

10. 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 Osama bin Laden.

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. LIFE CODE, by Phil McGraw. (Bird Street, $26.) How to "win in the real world," regardless of people who try to exploit you.

2. 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.

3. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, by Akira Himekawa. (Dark Horse, $34.99.) The chronology of the games, published in partnership with Nintendo. (b)

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

5. SLIM FOR LIFE, by Jillian Michaels. (Harmony, $25.) The trainer's plan for lasting weight loss.

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Feb. 16. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of th ebook above. A (b) indicates that some booksellers report receiving bulk orders.