Fiction

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

2. “Remember Me?,” by Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $25). A woman wakes up in a London hospital after an auto accident with no memory of the previous life-changing three years.

3. “7th Heaven,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99). Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.

4. “Strangers in Death,” by J. D. Robb (Putnam, $25.95). Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a businessman’s scandalous death.

5. “The Outlaw Demon Wails,” by Kim Harrison (Eos, $24.95). A witch who is also a bounty hunter must enter the demonic realm.

Nonfiction

1. “Losing It,” by Valerie Bertinelli (Free Press, $26). A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.

2. “Liberal Fascism,” by Jonah Goldberg (Doubleday, $27.95). An “alternative history of American liberalism.”

3. “Beautiful Boy,” by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin, $24). A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.

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

5. “Predictably Irrational,” by Dan Ariely (Harper, $25.95). An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.