FICTION
1. Dangerous Games, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A television correspondent investigates damning allegations against the vice president of the United States.
2. Silence Fallen, by Patricia Briggs. (Ace) Shape-shifter Mercy Thompson finds herself in the clutches of the world's most powerful vampire.
3. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman. (Norton) A retelling of Norse folklore.
4. Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders. (Random House) Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts.
5. Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid. (Riverhead) Lovers in a city overwhelmed with violence hear about mysterious doors that will carry them into an alien and uncertain future.
6. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. (Viking) A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.
7. Heartbreak Hotel, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine) Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lt. Milo Sturgis investigate a mysterious death.
8. The Whistler, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the mob and Indian casinos.