Fiction

1. “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.

2. “The Wheel of Darkness,” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Warner, $25.99). A Tibetan abbot asks the FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast to help recover a stolen relic with evil powers.

3. “Dark Possession,” by Christine Feehan (Berkley, $24.95). A Seattle counselor for battered women is wooed by a shape-shifter in Brazil; the 18th Carpathian novel.

4. “Bones to Ashes,” by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $25.95). The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is asked to examine the skeleton of a young girl in Canada, where, many years ago, her best friend disappeared.

5. “The Elves of Cintra,” by Terry Brooks. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $26.95.) The second volume of the Genesis of Shannara series is set in postapocalyptic Seattle.

Nonfiction

1. “Wonderful Tonight,” by Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor (Harmony, $25.95). A rock muse (she inspired the songs “Something” and “Layla”) recalls falling in love with Eric Clapton while married to George Harrison.

2.”Quiet Strength,” by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale, $26.99). A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl.

3. “You Can Run But You Can’t Hide,” by Duane Chapman with Laura Morton (Hyperion, $25.95). The star of A&E’s “Dog the Bounty Hunter” recalls his past of abuse and addiction.

4. “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.

5. “It’s All About Him,” by Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn (Thomas Nelson, $24.99). The wife of the country music star Alan Jackson describes how religious faith restored her marriage.