Fiction

1. “The 6th Target,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99). In San Francisco, children and their nannies are disappearing, and Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate.

2. “Bad Luck and Trouble,” by Lee Child (Delacorte, $26). Jack Reacher must discover who is hunting down members of a team of former military investigators.

3. “Invisible Prey,” by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95). The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport finds connections between the murder of several elderly residents and a political scandal.

4. “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, $26.95). A detective investigates the murder of a neighbor in a Jewish settlement in Alaska.

Nonfiction

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

2. “Einstein,” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, $32). A biography based on newly released personal letters.

3. “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins, $26.95). The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food; an argument for diversified farms and sustainable agriculture.

4. “Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar,” by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (Abrams Image, $18.95). A humorous tour of philosophical traditions.