Fiction

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

2. “Ricochet,” by Sandra Brown. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95) A detective is attracted to a judge’s wife who he also suspects is not telling the truth about a fatal shooting.

3. “Into the Storm,” by Suzanne Brockmann. (Ballantine, $21.95) A Navy SEAL and a former cop must track a serial killer.

4. “Angels Fall,” by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $25.95) When a chef from Boston, now living in Wyoming, witnesses a murder, the locals won’t believe her.

5. “The Messenger,” by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $25.95) An art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service uncovers an al-Qaida plot.

Nonfiction

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

2. “Fiasco,” by Thomas E. Ricks. (The Penguin Press, $27.95) How the Bush administration’s and the military’s failure to understand the Iraqi insurgency contributed to its growth.

3. “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” by Nora Ephron.(Knopf, $19.95) A witty look at aging from a novelist and screenwriter.

4. “The World is Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50). New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy.

5. “The Looming Tower,” by Lawrence Wright. (Knopf, $27.95) The road to 9-11 as seen through the lives of terrorists and the FBI.