Fiction

1. “Twelve Sharp,” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $26.95). The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum must find a killer and rescue a kidnapped child.

2. “The Husband,” by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27). A man whose wife is kidnapped has 60 hours to come up with ransom.

3. “Beach Road,” by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Little, Brown, $27.95). An East Hampton lawyer becomes involved in a publicized trial that pits locals against the rich.

4. “At Risk,” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $21.95). A Massachusetts state investigator applies forensic techniques to a cold murder case.

5. “The Book of the Dead,” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Warner, $25.95).

Nonfiction

1. “Godless,” by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, $27.95). The columnist argues that liberalism is a religion with sacraments, a creation myth and a clergy.

2. “Wisdom of Our Fathers,” by Tim Russert (Random House, $22.95). The host of “Meet the Press” presents readers’ letters about their fathers in response to his book “Big Russ and Me.”

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

4. “Dispatches from the Edge,” by Anderson Cooper (HarperCollins, $24.95). The CNN correspondent describes covering the Hurricane Katrina, etc.

5. “The One Percent Doctrine,” by Ron Suskind (Simon & Schuster, $27). An investigation of the Bush administration’s strategic thinking and of the role of ideology and personality in the decision to go to war.

– The New York Times