FICTION
1. The Sentinel, by Lee Child and Andrew Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
2. A Time for Mercy, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) The third book in the "Jake Brigance" series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.
3. The Return, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
4. Three Women Disappear, by James Patterson and Shan Serafin. (Little, Brown) Detective Sean Walsh must solve a case involving three missing women who had access to a home where a man was murdered.
5. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, by Fannie Flagg. (Random House) Bud Threadgoode returns to his hometown and sets off some life-changing events.
6. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, by V.E. Schwab. (Tor/Forge) A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
7. The Noel Letters, by Richard Paul Evans. (Gallery) An editor of a publishing house inherits her father's bookstore and receives letters from an anonymous source.
8. Truly, Madly, Deeply, by Karen Kingsbury. (Atria) An 18-year-old who wants to become a police officer falls in love with a young woman who has an aggressive form of cancer.