FICTION

1. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, by Alexander McCall Smith, $23.95, Pantheon. A novel of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

2. Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, $25.95, Ace. Book 8 of the Sookie Stackhouse series.

3. Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk, $24.95, Doubleday. Adolescent terrorists infiltrate America as foreign-exchange students.

4. First Family, by David Baldacci, $27.99, Grand Central Publishing. A search for an abducted child.

5. The 8th Confession, by James Patterson, $27.99, Little, Brown and Co. A detective investigates a high-profile murder.

NONFICTION

1. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, $27.99, Little, Brown. A look at why different people succeed.

2. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, by Michael J. Fox, $25.99, Hyperion. The actor's memoir.

3. The Girls From Ames, by Jeffrey Zaslow, $26, Gotham. The story of a 40-year friendship.

4. Resilience, by Elizabeth Edwards $22.95, Broadway. Memoir of a politician's wife.

5. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, by Steve Harvey, $23.99, Amistad. The comedian's guide to relationships.