Hardback fiction

1. 11/22/63 by Stephen King. An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald. (6 weeks on list)

2. Locked On by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat. (1)

3. The Litigators by John Grisham. Partners in a small law firm take on a big case. (8)

4. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson. Alex Cross investigates when the president's children are kidnapped, but the FBI and CIA stand in his way. (5)

5. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy marry, their comfortable life is shaken by a murder, as James re-creates the world of "Pride and Prejudice" with a mysterious twist. (2)

6. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman who have gone their separate ways return to their North Carolina town for the funeral of a friend. (10)

7. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell. Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates killings she believes are linked to the murder of her former deputy; the 19th Scarpetta book. (2)

8. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich. After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer. (4)

9. The Drop by Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch of the LAPD uncovers both the operations of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy. (3)

10. V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton. Pursuing a shoplifter, Kinsey Millhone discovers that retail crime is run by organized gangs. (5)

Hardback nonfiction

1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. A biography of the late entrepreneur. (8 weeks on list)

2. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (12)

3. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. (57)

4. Jack Kennedy, by Chris Matthews. An admiring portrait. (7)

5. Being George Washington, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. How Washington turned himself into the indispensable man. (4)

6. Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. The Broncos quarterback chronicles his course. (15)

7. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life. (8)

8. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie. The life of the German princess who became Empress of All the Russias. (5)

9. Then Again by Diane Keaton. The actress uses her mother's diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life. (5)

10. Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. A boy's encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy. (3)

Paperback nonfiction

1. Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (57 weeks on list)

2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (41)

3. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (38)

4. Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer S. Holland.(24)

5. Born To Run by Christopher McDougall. (38)

6. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. (28)

7. Moneyball by Michael Lewis. (34)

8. Those Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales (2)

9. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (250)

10. (Expletive) Finish First by Tucker Max (9)

Paperback fiction

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. (37 weeks on list)

2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. (130)

3. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht. (7)

4. The Next Always by Nora Roberts (7)

5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (132)

6. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (99)

7. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (9)

8. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (80)

9. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (146)

10. A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (20)

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