Fiction

1. “Anathem,” by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow, $29.95). An order of cloistered mathematicians and scientists must save their Earth-like planet when catastrophe threatens.

2. “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.

3. “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.

4. “American Wife,” by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $26). A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic son of a wealthy political family who somehow becomes president.

5. “Dark Curse,” by Christine Feehan (Berkley, $24.95). A Carpathian novel.

6. “The Host,” by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99). Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.

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. “Stori Telling,” by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95). A memoir from the TV star.

4. “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,” by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95). Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.

5. “The First Billion is the Hardest,” by T. Boone Pickens (Crown Business, $26.95). An account of Pickens’s career and his views about energy policy.

6. “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.