Fiction

1. “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” by David Wroblewski (Ecco, $25.95). A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death.

2. “The Other Queen,” by Philippa Gregory ($25.95). The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity under Queen Elizabeth.

3. “Faefever,” by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte, $25.95). MacKayla is caught in the middle as the faes battle it out in Dublin; the third part of the Fever series.

4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf, $24.95). A hacker and a journalist help a wealthy octogenarian investigate his niece’s disappearance 40 years ago; the first part of a trilogy by the late Swedish journalist.

5. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial, $22). A journalist meets with residents of the island of Guernsey who resisted the Nazi occupation.

6. “The Book of Lies,” by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central, $25.99). The murder of the father of Superman’s creator, Jerry Siegel, is linked to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

Nonfiction

1. “Hot, Flat, And Crowded,” by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95). How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.

2. “The War Within,” by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $32). White House debates over the Iraq war, 2006-8.

3. “The Limits of Power,” by Andrew Bacevich (Metropolitan/Holt, $24). A retired Army colonel argues that Americans themselves are responsible for the country’s woes.

4. “Angler,” by Barton Gellman (Penguin, $27.95). Dick Cheney’s actions as vice president are explored by the Washington Post reporter.

5. “Through the Storm,”by Lynne Spears with Lorilee Craker (Nelson, 24.99). Britney Spears’s mother gives her perspective on her family’s perils.