Fiction

1. “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.

2. “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.

3. “Lean Mean Thirteen,” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s, $27.95). The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum becomes a suspect when her ex-husband disappears.

4. “The Judas Strain,” by James Rollins (Morrow, $25.95). Sigma Force operatives trained in science search for the secret behind the re-emergence of an ancient, deadly plague.

5. “Bungalow 2,” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). A writer must deal with the effects of Hollywood success on her family life.

Nonfiction

1. “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, his comrades and his courageous escape.

2. “God is Not Great,” by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve, $24.99). Religion as a malignant force in the world. First Chapter

3. “The Diana Chronicles,” by Tina Brown (Doubleday, $27.50). The Princess of Wales’s romance with the media.

4. “The Assault on Reason,” by Al Gore (Penguin Press, $25.95). How the Bush administration has degraded the political environment through secrecy, fear and the rejection of fact-based reasoning.

5. “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.