1. “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.

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

3. “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.

4. “The Afghan,” by Frederick Forsyth. (Putnam, $26.95) To foil an al-Qaida plot, a British operative masquerades as a Taliban commander just released from Guantanamo.

5. “The Emperor’s Children,” by Claire Messud. (Knopf, $25) A group of privileged 30-somethings try to make their way in literary New York just before 9/11.

Nonfiction

1. “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”).

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

3. “State of Emergency,” by Patrick J. Buchanan. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $24.95) The conservative commentator offers a border-security plan.

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.