Fiction

1. “A Breath of Snow and Ashes,” by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, $28). In 1772, the British governor of North Carolina asks Jamie to support the king, but Jamie’s time-traveling wife assures him independence is inevitable; an Outlander novel.

2. “Son of a Witch,” by Gregory Maguire (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $26.95). Liir makes his way through the dangerous land of Oz; a sequel to “Wicked.”

3. “School Days,” by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95). A woman hires Spenser to prove that her grandson wasn’t involved in a school shooting.

4. “The March,” by E. L. Doctorow (Random House, $25.95). The story of Sherman’s sweep through the South and the lives he left in his wake.

5. “Goodnight Nobody,” by Jennifer Weiner (Atria, $26). An unhappy suburban mother gains her independence by investigating a murder.

Nonfiction

1. “The City of Falling Angels,” by John Berendt (Penguin, $25.95). The author of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” investigates a fire in Venice.

2. “The World is Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50). A columnist for The New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy and presents an overview of globalization trends.

3. “Freakonomics,” by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow, $25.95). A maverick scholar applies economic thinking to everything from sumo wrestlers who cheat to legalized abortion and the falling crime rate.

4. “What Remains,” by Carole Radziwill (Scribner, $25.95). A memoir of a suburban girl who grew up to marry a prince (a Kennedy nephew) who died young.

5. “1776,” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster, $32). An account of America’s founding year, focusing on the inexperienced George Washington and heroic citizen soldiers.