Fiction

1. “Twelve Sharp,” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $26.95). Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tries to find a crazed killer with the help of a mysterious man accused of kidnapping his own child.

2. “Danse Macabre,” by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley, $25.95). Federal marshal and vampire hunter Anita Blake deals with possible pregnancy, paternity and bringing up baby in her line of work.

3. “Coming Out,” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $22). When attorney Olympia Crawford Rubinstein’s teenage twin daughters are invited to an exclusive “coming out” ball, everyone’s lives are thrown into turmoil.

4. “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.

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

Nonfiction

1. “Marley & Me,” by John Grogan (William Morrow, $21.95). A columnist recalls how Marley, an incorrigible Labrador retriever, flunked obedience school, terrorized a pet sitter and won over his family.

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

3. “The One Percent Doctrine,” by Ron Suskind (Simon & Schuster, $27). How the analyses of U.S. counterterrorism experts were exaggerated or dismissed to justify going to war with Iraq.

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

5. “Wisdom of Our Fathers,” by Tim Russert (Random House, $22.95). The host of “Meet the Press” presents readers’ letters about their fathers.