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. “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.

3. “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.

4. “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.”

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. “About Alice,” by Calvin Trillin (Random House, $14.95). The New Yorker writer’s recollections of his deceased wife.

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