Fiction

1. “The Appeal,” by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95). Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.

2. “7th Heaven,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99). In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.

3. “Duma Key,” by Stephen King (Scribner, $28). A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.

4. “Stranger in Paradise,” by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $25.95). Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must protect a hit man’s intended victim.

Nonfiction

1. “In Defense of Food,” by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $21.95). A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

2. “An Inconvenient Book,” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Threshold Editions, $26). The conservative TV and talk-radio host offers his solutions to problems including global warming, poverty and political correctness.

3. “Real Change,” by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler (Regnery, $27.95). How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.

4. “Tom Cruise,” by Andrew Morton (St. Martin’s, $25.95). An unauthorized biography of the movie star and Scientology spokesman.