Fiction

1. “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.

2. “The Hunters,” by W. E. B. Griffin (Putnam, $26.95). An Army officer seeks the killers of a shady American diplomat murdered in Uruguay; follows from Griffin’s “Hostage.”

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 “Next,” by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $27.95). The author of “Jurassic Park” describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering runs amok.

5. “Shadow Dance,” by Julie Garwood (Ballantine, $25.95). Jordan Buchanan, a successful businesswoman, encounters danger and romance when she investigates an ancient Scottish feud involving her family.

Nonfiction

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

2. “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 commit.

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

4. “The God Delusion,” by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin, $27). An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational. First Chapter

5. “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”).