FICTION
1. The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead) The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
4. Camino Winds, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.
5. The Lies That Bind, by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine) When the new man in her life disappears on Sept. 11, 2001, budding reporter Cecily Gardner questions what she knew about him.
6. Fair Warning, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) The third book in the "Jack McEvoy" series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses genetic data to pick his victims.
7. Hideaway, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin's) A child star escapes her abductors, gathers herself in western Ireland and returns to Hollywood.
8. If It Bleeds, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Four novellas: "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," "The Life of Chuck," "Rat" and "If It Bleeds."