Fiction

1. “Plum Lovin’,” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $16.95). A mysterious man in Stephanie Plum’s life helps her track down a matchmaker who skipped bail.

2. “For One More Day,” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95). A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother.

3. “Cross,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). Alex Cross, retired from the FBI, has a chance to track a rapist who may have murdered his wife.

4. “White Lies,” by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam, $24.95). Two members of the Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, investigate a series of murders and foil a plot to take over the society.

5. “The Castle in the Forest,” by Norman Mailer (Random House, $27.95). An imagined life of the young Adolf Hitler.

Nonfiction

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

2. “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid,” by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster, $27). The former president calls for revitalizing the peace process.

3. “The Innocent Man,” by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95). Grisham’s first nonfiction book concerns a man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit2

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

5. “What a Party,” by Terry McAuliffe with Steve Kettmann (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $24.95). The former head of the Democratic National Committee recalls his experience as a fund-raiser.