Fiction

1. “The Hostage,” by W. E. B. Griffin (Putnam, $26.95). An Army officer probes the murder of an American diplomat and the kidnapping of his wife, whose brother is linked to the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.

2. “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95). A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society.

3. “S is for Silence,” by Sue Grafton (Marian Wood/Putnam, $26.95). Kinsey Millhone searches for a woman who disappeared 34 years ago.

4. “Mary, Mary,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.95). The FBI agent Alex Cross tracks a Hollywood killer who announces the crimes via e-mail.

5. “Every Breath You Take,” by Judith McNaught (Ballantine, $25.95). When the grandson of a Chicago philanthropist disappears, suspicion falls on the wrong man.

Nonfiction

1. “My Friend Leonard,” by James Frey (Riverhead, $24.95). The author of the addiction memoir “A Million Little Pieces” remembers a helpful mobster friend.

2. “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion (Knopf, $23.95). The author’s attempts to come to terms with the death of her husband and the grave illness of their only daughter.

3. “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.

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

5. “Teacher Man,” by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $26). The author of “Angela’s Ashes” remembers his years teaching high school English in New York City.

– The New York Times