FICTION
1. Kingdom of the Blind, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur) While on suspension, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is made an executor of a stranger's will and tries to keep a deadly narcotic off Montreal's streets.
2. Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam) Set 300 years before the events of "A Game of Thrones," this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
3. The Reckoning, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
4. Target: Alex Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross returns for the 26th book in the series bearing his name.
5. Every Breath, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.
6. Past Tense, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born.
7. Long Road to Mercy, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Atlee Pine, an FBI agent who is haunted by the childhood kidnapping of her twin sister, must choose between protecting her career or the United States' democracy.
8. Look Alive Twenty-Five, by Janet Evanovich. (Putnam) The 25th book in the Stephanie Plum series. When several managers of a deli in Trenton, N.J., disappear, a bounty hunter and her detective boyfriend look for clues.
