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1. A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $34.99.) Final book, Wheel of Time fantasy series.

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 take on the big questions.

4. KINSEY AND ME, by Sue Grafton. (Marian Wood/Putnam, $27.95.) Stories about Grafton's character Kinsey Millhone, along with explorations of Grafton's past.

5. COLLATERAL DAMAGE, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $26.95.)Lawyer Stone Barrington joins his former partner in a dangerous case.

6. THE HUSBAND LIST, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) In 1884 New York, a wealthy woman yearns for an Irish-American with new money, rather than the titled Britons her mother prefers.

7. THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE, by Ayana Mathis. (Knopf, $24.95.) Fifty-plus years in an African-American family, starting in 1923.

8. THE BLOOD GOSPEL, by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) A hunt for truth about a book written in Christ's blood by his own hand; Book 1, Order of the Sanguines series.

9. THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Imprisoned ex-lawyer wants to trade information about a murdered judge for his freedom.

10. DREAM EYES, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, $26.95.) A psychic counselor is drawn to a psychic investigator with disturbing power; a Dark Legacy novel.

11. 1356, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99.) The English, French at the Battle of Poitiers; Books 4, Grail Quest series.

12. THE FORGOTTEN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Military investigator John Puller probes his aunt's death in Florida.

13. CROSS ROADS, by William Paul Young. (FaithWords, $24.99.) Comatose businessman encounters God.

14. THREAT VECTOR, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. aids his father's administration as China threatens.

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

1. KILLING KENNEDY, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. ( Holt, $28.) Events surrounding assassination.

2. MY SHARE OF THE TASK, by Stanley McChrystal. (Portfolio/Penguin, $29.95.) Retired commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan on his career.

3. NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. (Dutton, $26.95.) Navy SEAL on killing bin Laden.

4. THOMAS JEFFERSON, by Jon Meacham. (Random House, $35.) Jefferson as a practical politician.

5. THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY, by Jared Diamond. (Viking, $36.) Learning from traditional societies.

6. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) Events surrounding assassination.

7. THE DUDE AND THE ZEN MASTER, by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman. (Blue Rider, $26.95.)Actor, Zen master on Bridges' character in the 1998 cult film "The Big Lebowski."

8. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) Olympian's story of being POW in Japan in WWII.

9. BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo. (Random House, $27.) Families strive for better lives in a Mumbai slum.

10. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House, $28.) How we form and break habits.

11. A HIGHER CALL, by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander. (Berkley Caliber, $26.95.) Encounter between American and German pilots over Germany in December 1943.

12. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf, $25.95.) Account of a 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.

13. THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE, by Nate Silver. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) Examination of predictions.

14. AMERICA AGAIN, by Stephen Colbert et al.(Grand Central, $28.99.) Mock pundit of TV's "Colbert Report" tells how to save America.

15.HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.) Character, not intelligence, matters most.

Compiled by The New York Times, rankings on this abbreviated list reflect sales for the week ending Jan. 12.