FICTION
1. Accidental Heroes, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) Strangers pull together to avert a disaster involving two flights from New York to San Francisco.
2. The Punishment She Deserves, by Elizabeth George. (Viking) Detectives Havers and Lynley investigate the death of a deacon accused of a serious crime in a historic medieval town in England.
3. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin's) A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.
4. The Rising Sea, by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. (Putnam) A scientific team searches the globe for the threat causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate.
5. The Bishop's Pawn, by Steve Berry. (Minotaur) Cotton Malone discovers revelations about the day the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
6. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng. (Penguin Press) An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
7. The Woman in the Window, by A.J. Finn. (Morrow) A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.
8. The Escape Artist, by Brad Meltzer. (Grand Central) Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.