Fiction

1. “Judge & Jury,” by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. (Little, Brown, $27.99) An aspiring actress and an F.B.I. agent join forces against a powerful mobster.

2. “Angels Fall,” by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $25.95) When a chef from Boston, now living in Wyoming, witnesses a murder, the locals won’t believe her.

3. “Crisis,” by Robin Cook. (Putnam, $25.95) There are shocking revelations at a medical malpractice trial.

4. “The Messenger,” by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $25.95) Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, uncovers an al-Qaida plot against the Vatican.

5. “The Ruins,” by Scott Smith. (Knopf, $24.95) Two young American couples on vacation in the Yucatán confront a horrible menace.

Nonfiction

1. “Marley & Me,” by John Grogan. (Morrow, $21.95). A neurotic dog teaches life lessons.

2. “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” by Nora Ephron.(Knopf, $19.95) A witty look at aging from a novelist and screenwriter (“When Harry Met Sally”).

3. “Fiasco,” by Thomas E. Ricks. (The Penguin Press, $27.95) How the Bush administration’s and the military’s failure to understand the developing Iraqi insurgency contributed to its further growth.

4. “The World is Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50). New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy.

5. “The Looming Tower,” by Lawrence Wright. (Knopf, $27.95) The road to 9/11 as seen through the lives of terrorists planners and the FBI. counterterrorism chief.

– The New York Times