FICTION
1. THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, by Robert Galbraith (Mullholland Books/Little, Brown). Struggling detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide; by J.K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.
2. INFERNO, by Dan Brown (Doubleday). Symbologist Robert Langdon, on the run in Florence, must decipher a series of codes created by a Dante-loving scientist.
3. MISTRESS, by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown). When he begins to investigate a friend's mysterious death, a man discovers that she was leading a double life.
4. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead). A multigenerational family saga centers on a brother and sister born in Afghanistan; from the author of "The Kite Runner."
5. THE THIRD KINGDOM, by Terry Goodkind (Tor/Tom Doherty). A sequel to "The Omen Machine."
6. NIGHT FILM, by Marisha Pessl (Random House). Investigators pursue a master horror film auteur after his daughter is found dead.
7. THE BONE SEASON, by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury). A young clairvoyant discovers her powers in a dystopian England in 2059; the first pick of the "Today" show book club.