Fiction

#01. CROSS JUSTICE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown.) Detective Alex Cross returns to Starksville, N.C., his hometown, for the first time in 35 years, to help a cousin who has been accused of murder.

#02. THE GUILTY, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central.) The government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown.

#03. TRICKY TWENTY-TWO, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam.) The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a fraternity member arrested for beating up a college dean and investigates a murder.

#04. SEE ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central.) A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.

#05. ROGUE LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Doubleday.) The attorney Sebastian Rudd is a “lone gunman” who hates injustice and the system and defends unpopular clients.

#06. WILD CAT, by Christine Feehan. (Jove.) After an intruder’s murder, Siena’s motives are called into question.

#07. THE CROSSING, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.) The retired detective Harry Bosch reluctantly agrees to help his half brother, a defense attorney, and his investigations lead him inside the L.A.P.D.

#08. NIGHT MOVES, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette.) A famous songwriter retreats to a small town and hires a sexy landscaper. When he discovers human remains on her property, everyone she knows becomes a suspect.

#09. THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. (Crown.) After being left behind by his crew, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive.

#10. THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, by Philip K. Dick. (Mariner.) An alternative history of 1960s America, after it lost World War II. First published in 1962

Non-fiction

#01. BOYS IN THE TREES, by Carly Simon. (Flatiron.) A memoir by the singer.

#02. TROUBLEMAKER, by Leah Remini and Rebecca Paley. (Ballantine.) The actress describes her life in Scientology and the aftermath of her break with the church in 2013.

#03. THE STORY OF THE JEWS, by Simon Schama. (Ecco/HarperCollins.) The first volume of a cultural history, a tie-in to the PBS series, covers the years 1000 B.C. to 1492 A.D.

#04. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel.) The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.

#05. ASTORIA, by Peter Stark. (Ecco.) John Jacob Astor’s failed effort to establish a huge fur-trading emporium at the mouth of the Columbia River.

#06. THE LIGHT BETWEEN US, by Laura Lynne Jackson. (Spiegel & Grau.) A medium describes the development of her gift, offers accounts of people reunited with departed loved ones and presents life lessons.

#07. KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.

#08. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau.) A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son.

#09. SPQR, by Mary Beard. (Liveright.) A concise history of ancient Rome.

#10. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin.) The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.