Fiction 1. The Sentinel

by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.

2. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham. 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. 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. 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. Bud Threadgoode returns to his hometown and sets off some life-changing events.

6. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

by V.E. Schwab. A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

7. The Noel Letters

by Richard Paul Evans. An editor of a publishing house inherits her father’s bookstore and receives letters froman anonymous source.

8. Truly, Madly, Deeply

by Karen Kingsbury. 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.

9. The Evening and the Morning

by Ken Follett. In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.

10. The Searcher

by Tana French. After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing.