Fiction

1. “Nineteen Minutes,” by Jodi Picoult (Atria, $26.95). The aftermath of a high school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town.

2. “Shopaholic & Baby,” by Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $24). Becky is pregnant, and the obstetrician turns out to be her husband’s ex-girlfriend.

3. “Daddy’s Girl,” by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins, $25.95). A law professor caught in a prison riot must defend herself when she is unjustly accused of murder.

4. “Whitehorn Woods,” by Maeve Binchy (Knopf, $25.95). A proposed highway threatens the existence of a religious shrine in a rural Irish village.

5. “For a Few Demons More,” by Kim Harrison (Eos/HarperCollins, $21.95). A witch owns an ancient artifact that may stop a serial killer or ignite a gang war; the fifth book in the Hollows series.

Nonfiction

1. “In an Instant,” by Lee and Bob Woodruff (Random House, $25.95). The aftermath of the ABC co-anchor’s traumatic brain injury in Iraq in 2006.4

2. “Grace (Eventually),” by Anne Lamott (Riverhead, $24.95). Essays about faith and forgiveness.

3. “How Doctors Think,” by Jerome Groopman (Houghton Mifflin, $26). A doctor and New Yorker staff writer describes how doctors arrive at diagnoses and what patients can do to make sure they don’t err.

4. “A Long Way Gone,” by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22). A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity.

5. “The Audacity of Hope,” by Barack Obama (Crown, $25). The Illinois junior senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.