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. “Simple Genius,” by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99). Two former Secret Service agents investigate a scientist’s murder while one fights her own demons.

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

2. “At the Center of the Storm,” by George Tenet (HarperCollins, $30). The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency looks back on his career.

3. “Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’,” by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen (Simon & Schuster, $25). A memoir with recipes from the Southern cooking impresario (Food Network shows, restaurants, cookbooks, magazine).