Fiction

1. “Cross,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). Alex Cross, retired from the F.B.I., has a chance to track a rapist who may have murdered his wife.

2. “For One More Day,” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95). A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother.

3. “Dear John,” by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $24.99). An unlikely romance between a soldier and an idealistic young woman is tested in the aftermath of 9/11.

4. “Nature Girl,” by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95). A single mother takes revenge on her lecherous ex-boss and an annoying telemarketer in the Florida Keys.

5. “Wild Fire,” by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99). Detective John Corey and his wife, an F.B.I. agent, help to foil a nuclear plot against the United States.

Nonfiction

1. “The Audacity of Hope,” by Barack Obama (Crown, $25). The Illinois junior senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.

2. “The Innocent Man,” by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95). Grisham’s first nonfiction book concerns a man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit.

3. “Culture Warrior,” by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway, $26). The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” describes a culture war between traditionalists and secular-progressives.

4. “The God Delusion,” by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin, $27). An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational and that religion has done great harm in the world. First Chapter

5. “Marley & Me,” by John Grogan (Morrow, $21.95). A newspaper columnist and his wife learn some life lessons from their neurotic dog.