Fiction

1. “Knockout,” by Catherine Coulter (Putnam, $26.95). Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock — F.B.I. agents as well as husband and wife — try to protect a 7-year-old with psychic powers from her exploitive uncle.

2. “The Bourne Deception,” by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central, $27.99). Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne helps to avert a possible world war.

3. “The Angel’s Game,” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Doubleday, $26.95). A Barcelona writer accepts a sinister commission.

4. “Relentless,” by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27). A writer is pursued by a sociopathic critic.

5. “The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane,” by Katherine Howe (Voice, $25.99). A graduate student is caught up in her research on a healer accused of witchcraft in Salem.

Nonfiction

1. “Liberty and Tyranny,” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions, $25). A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.

2. “Horse Soldiers,” by Doug Stanton (Scribner, $28). A small group of Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11.

3. “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99). Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity — from the author of “Blink.”

4. “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,” by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway, $26). The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

5. “Renegade,” by Richard Wolffe (Crown, $26). The rise of Barack Obama, based on the author’s coverage of the campaign and on a dozen interviews.

— The New York Times