National bestsellers for week ended Dec. 31

1. 77 SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $28.) A 19th-century tycoon's mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces.

2. 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) 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, but first he must determine if Oswald is guilty.

3. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P.D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) 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.

4. LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.

5. KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $28.99.) Alex Cross investigates when the president's children are kidnapped, but the FBI and CIA stand in his way.

6(x). THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case after a fast-track burnout joins them.

7. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) 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.

9. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) In the third volume of the Millennium trilogy, Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist confront a governmental adversary.

10. EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam, $28.) After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer.

11(x). DOWN THE DARKEST ROAD, by Tami Hoag. (Dutton, $26.95.) Residents of a California town in the mid-1980s continue to grapple with a killer; the third book in a series.

1. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.

2. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The commentator looks at the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

4. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.

5. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.

6. CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House, $35.) The life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became empress of all the Russias.

7. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson, $21.99.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son's encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.

8. BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, $26.) How Washington turned himself into the indispensable (if imperfect) man.

10. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $26.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.

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

2. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno. (Free Press, $25.) Four 17-day cycles are designed to work with your metabolism so you can burn fat every day. (b)

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

4. THE PETITE ADVANTAGE DIET, by Jim Karas. (HarperOne, $25.99.) There are clothes for "petites," so why not a specialized diet plan? This program is tailored to women who are 5 feet 4 or under. (b)