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. “Hunters of Dune,” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $27.95) Adventures of the fugitives fleeing the ”Honored Matres,” based on Frank Herbert’s final outline.

4. “The Afghan,” by Frederick Forsyth. (Putnam, $26.95) A British operative masquerades as a Taliban commander just released from Guantanamo.

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

Nonfiction

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

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

3. “State of Emergency,” by Patrick J. Buchanan. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $24.95) A border-security plan is offered.

4. “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.

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

– The New York Times