- "A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $25.95). A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
- "The Secret Servant," by Daniel Silva (Putnam, $25.95). Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an spy for the Israeli secret service, joins the search for the kidnapped daughter of an ambassador.
- "The Quickie," by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99). A police officer's attempt to get back at her husband, whom she suspects of cheating on her, goes dangerously awry.
- "High Noon," by Nora Roberts (Putnam, $26.95). An intrepid hostage negotiator must face down her unknown stalker.
- "The Tin Roof Blowdown," by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster, $26). The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Nonfiction
- "Lone Survivor," by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown, $24.99). The only survivor of a Navy Seal operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle and his courageous escape.
- "Quiet Strength," by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale, $26.99). A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl.
- "God is Not Great," by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve, $24.99). Religion as a malignant force in the world.
- "A Long Way Gone," by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22). A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his killing spree and return to humanity.
- "Legacy of Ashes," by Tim Weiner (Doubleday, $27.95). A history of the C.I.A. by a New York Times reporter, focusing on the agency's failures and delusions of grandeur.
- The New York Times
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