FICTION
1. Origin, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.
2. Deep Freeze, by John Sandford. (Putnam) Virgil Flowers is called to investigate in Trippton, Minn., when a local bank's president is found dead in a nearly frozen river.
3. Uncommon Type, by Tom Hanks. (Knopf) Seventeen short stories, each incorporating a typewriter, by the Academy Award-winning actor.
4. Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen King and Owen King. (Scribner) Women who fall asleep become shrouded in mysterious cocoons while the men battle one another.
5. Fairytale, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) Tragedy and unexpected dangers come to life at a Napa Valley winery.
6. A Column of Fire, by Ken Follett. (Viking) A pair of lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict while Queen Elizabeth fights to maintain her throne.
7. Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan. (Scribner) The first female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II tries to understand why her father disappeared.
8. Don't Let Go, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) Detective Napoleon Dumas investigates a murder and uncovers clues about personal events that happened 15 years ago.