Talking cure: After a successful career as a child psychologist, Jonathan Kellerman (Helping the Fearful Child) applied his knowledge of human motivation to the writing of detective fiction. Private Eyes, his sixth mystery starring the soul-sleuthing forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and his LAPD sidekick, gay detective Milo Sturgis, debuts this week at No. 10. FICTION WEEKS ON LIST

1 Scarlett: The Sequel To Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind 15 Alexandra Ripley, Warner, $24.95 2 Needful Things 14 Stephen King, Viking, $24.95 3 The Sum Of All Fears 22 Tom Clancy, Putnam, $24.95 4 The Firm 45 John Grisham, Doubleday, $19.95 5 No Greater Love 8 Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $23 6 Blindsight 2 Robin Cook, Putnam, $21.95 7 Hideaway 1 Dean R. Koontz, Putnam, $22.95 8 Night Over Water 15 Ken Follett, Morrow, $22 9 The Doomsday Conspiracy 16 Sidney Sheldon, Morrow, $22 10 Private Eyes 1 Jonathan Kellerman, Bantam, $21.50

NONFICTION

1 Den Of Thieves 13 James B. Stewart, Simon & Schuster, $25 2 Me: Stories Of My Life 17 Katharine Hepburn, Knopf, $25 3 The Jordan Rules 6 Sam Smith, Simon & Schuster, $20 4 Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women 11 Susan Faludi, Crown, $24 5 The Best Treatment 6 Isadore Rosenfeld, Simon & Schuster, $22 6 More Wealth Without Risk 7 Charles J. Givens, Simon & Schuster, $23 7 Plausible Denial 2 Mark Lane, Thunder's Mouth, $22.95 8 Memories: The Autobiography Of Ralph Emery 3 Ralph Emery with Tom Carter, Macmillan, $19.95 9 Awaken The Giant 9 Anthony Robbins, Summit Books, $20 10 Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? 5 Molly Ivins, Random House, $23