Fiction

1. “Change of Heart,” by Jodi Picoult (Atria, $26.95). Questions about redemption and faith arise when a prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.

2. “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.

3. “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.

4. “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.

5. “Killer Heat,” by Linda Fairstein (Doubleday, $26). One August, Alexandra Cooper, a determined Manhattan assistant district attorney, tracks a serial killer.

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 ongoing effort to lose weight.

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

3. “Stori Telling,” by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin (Simon Spotlight, $24.95). The actress’ memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.

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. “Liberal Fascism,” by Jonah Goldberg (Doubleday, $27.95). This “alternative history of American liberalism : reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”