Fiction

1. “The Thirteenth Tale,” by Diane Setterfield (Atria, $26). A biographer struggles to discover the truth about an aging writer who has mythologized her past.

2. “The Book of Fate,” by Brad Meltzer (Warner, $25.99). The apparent murder of a presidential aide reveals Masonic secrets in Washington and a 200-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson.

3. “The Mephisto Club,” by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $25.95). A Boston medical examiner and a detective must solve a series of murders involving apocalyptic messages and a sinister cabal.

4. “Rise and Shine,” by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95). The lives of two sisters, one the host of a television show and the other a social worker.

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

Nonfiction

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

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. “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

4. “The World Is Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50; updated and expanded edition, $30). A columnist for The New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy.

5. “State of Emergency,” by Patrick J. Buchanan (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $24.95). The conservative commentator argues that unchecked immigration means that the American Southwest is being reconquered by Mexico, and offers a border-security plan.

– The New York Times