FICTION
1. EDGE OF ETERNITY, by Ken Follett. (Dutton) Five interrelated families grapple with the events of the 1960s through the 1980s; Book 3 of the Century Trilogy.
2. PERSONAL, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher, a former military cop, helps the State Department and the CIA stop a sniper who has targeted a G8 summit.
3. SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD, by Jan Karon. (Putnam) The Mitford character Father Tim finds friends and family wrestling with difficulties.
4. THE BONE CLOCKS, by David Mitchell. (Random House) Interconnected tales in settings from England in the '80s to the apocalyptic future revolve around a central character.
5. FESTIVE IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (Putnam) At Christmas, Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a narcissistic personal trainer; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
6. RAGING HEAT, by Richard Castle. (Kingswell) In a follow-up to "Deadly Heat," the NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat and the journalist Jameson Rook attempt to solve a murder.
7. THE CHILDREN ACT, by Ian McEwan. (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday) A judge wrestles with a challenging case and a crisis in her marriage.