bestsellers

fiction

1. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson ($24.95, Knopf). A journalist and a hacker solve a cold case.

2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski ($25.95, Ecco). A mute boy lives on his parents' farm.

3. A Mercy

by Toni Morrison ($23.95, Knopf). A woman abandons her daughter to save her.

4. The Red Convertible

by Louise Erdrich ($27.99, Harper). New and collected short stories.

5. Black Ops

by W.E.B. Griffin ($26.95, Putnam). Charley Castillo is asked to track down terrorists.

nonfiction

1. Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell ($27.99, Little, Brown). A look at why different people succeed.

2. Dewey

by Vicki Myron ($19.99, Grand Central Publishing). The story of an abandoned cat.

3. Things I've Been Silent About

by Azah Nafisi ($27, Random House). A memoir about the author's unhappy family life.

4. The Hemingses of Monticello

by Annette Gordon-Reed ($35, W.W. Norton). A family and its blood ties to the third president.

5. Tales of the Road

by Cathy Wurzer ($24.95, Minn. Historical Society). Companion book to the public TV documentary.

fiction 1. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($24.95, Knopf). A journalist watches his life crumble around him. 2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski ($25.95, Ecco). A mute boy lives on his parents' farm. 3. A Mercy by Toni Morrison ($23.95, Knopf). A woman abandons her daughter to save her. 4. The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich ($27.99, Harper). Short stories. 5. Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin ($26.95, Putnam). Charley Castillo is asked to track down terrorists. fiction 1. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($24.95, Knopf). A journalist watches his life crumble around him. 2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski ($25.95, Ecco). A mute boy lives on his parents' farm. 3. A Mercy by Toni Morrison ($23.95, Knopf). A woman abandons her daughter to save her. 4. The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich ($27.99, Harper). Short stories. 5. Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin ($26.95, Putnam). Charley Castillo is asked to track down terrorists.