New York Times bestsellers

FICTION

1. CALCULATED IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas must crunch the numbers as she investigates the death of a successful accountant; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

2. THE STORYTELLER, by Jodi Picoult. (Emily Bestler/Atria, $28.99.) A New Hampshire baker finds herself in the midst of two Holocaust stories: her grandmother's story of survival, and the confessions of an elderly former SS officer.

3. ALEX CROSS, RUN, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $28.99.) While Alex Cross pursues a Washington serial killer (or killers?), someone is after him.

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

5. A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy. (Knopf, $26.95.) Guests gather at a seaside inn on Ireland's west coast; the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.

6. RED VELVET CUPCAKE MURDER, by Joanne Fluke. (Kensington, $25.) Hannah Swensen becomes a suspect when her romantic rival turns up dead; recipes included.

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

9. GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $28.) Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis pursue the story of a beautiful nurse.

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

NONFICTION

1. SALT SUGAR FAT, by Michael Moss. (Random House, $28.) A New York Times reporter reveals how food companies use science to encourage us to consume more of their products.

3. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Zondervan, $19.99.) A doctor explores what makes America great.

4(x). AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A member of the Navy SEALs who had the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war. Kyle was recently shot to death in Texas.

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

6. 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.

7. THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE, by Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) A memoir by the powerful music company executive.

9. COOLIDGE, by Amity Shlaes. (Harper, $35.) This biography reclaims the 30th president as a conservative hero.

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

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.

4. THE MELT METHOD, by Sue Hitzmann with Debbie Karch. (HarperOne/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Techniques meant to ease chronic body pain.

5. THE SECRETS OF HAPPY FAMILIES, by Bruce Feiler. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Rethinking ways families love, fight, eat and play.