Children's Books

1	LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND "THREE CUPS OF TEA", by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8)
2	THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Carson Ellis. Music by Nathaniel Stookey. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A whodunit tour of the orchestra, with audio. (Ages 9 to 12)
3	THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, by Susan Marie Swanson. Illustrated by Beth Krommes. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.) A key, a bed, a book, a light, the moon. (Ages 4 to 8)
4	GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
5	LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY, by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Illustrated by David Soman. (Dial, $16.99.) A superheroes’ meeting of the minds at the playground. (Ages 3 to 5)
6	SWING!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Children seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
7	CAT, written by Matthew Van Fleet and photographed by Brian Stanton. (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) All kinds of cats, in motion and rhyme. (Ages 2 and up)
8	BLUEBERRY GIRL, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Charles Vess. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A book of wishes, addressed to a daughter. (All ages)
9	THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, written and illustrated by Eric Carle. (Philomel, $29.99.) Still hungry after 40 years. A pop-up book. (Ages 3 and up)
10	NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Disney-Hyperion, $16.99.) The rodent as individualist. (Ages 3 and up)

Paperback Advice

1	THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough. (B&H, $14.99.) A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love. (†)
2	WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. (Workman, $14.95.) Advice for parents-to-be. (†)
3	TWILIGHT, by Mark Cotta Vaz. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A behind-the-scenes look at the film based on the vampire romance for young adults by Stephenie Meyer.
4	SUZE ORMAN’S 2009 ACTION PLAN, by Suze Orman. (Spiegel & Grau, $9.99.) Managing your money in hard times.
5	NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson. (Fireside, $16.) Rules and recipes for escaping the diet trap, from a star of “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
6	THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, $13.99.) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
7	SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running Press, $13.95.) Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
8	THE BIGGEST LOSER 30-DAY JUMP START, by Cheryl Forberg, Melissa Roberson, Lisa Wheeler and others. (Rodale, $21.95.) Experts and contestants from the “Biggest Loser” TV show share weight-loss advice.
9	HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, by Greg Behr­endt and Liz Tuccillo. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $15.) How a woman can tell when a relationship is going nowhere.
10	THE BIGGEST LOSER FAMILY COOKBOOK, by Devin Alexander with Melissa Roberson. (Rodale, $21.95.) Eating healthily on a budget, with 125 recipes and tips from “The Biggest Loser” contestants.

Hardcover Advice

1	ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show".
2	THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
3	THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
4	FLAT BELLY DIET!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. (Rodale, $25.95.) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.
5	FRACTAL TIME, by Gregg Braden. (Hay House, $24.95.) A guide to a world time cycle that is calculated to end in the year 2012.
6	THE ULTRAMIND SOLUTION, by Mark Hyman. (Scribner, $27.50.) How to pinpoint underlying biological problems to improve brain performance and allay depression, anxiety and more.
7	PEAKS AND VALLEYS, by Spencer Johnson. (Atria, $19.95.) Making both good and bad times work for you personally and professionally.
8	UNCOMMON, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $24.99.) The former coach of the Indianapolis Colts discourses on living “a life of significance.”
9	MAGNIFICENT MIND AT ANY AGE, by Daniel G. Amen. (Harmony, $24.95.) How to optimize healthy brain function through natural means.
10	WWE ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Brian Shields and Kevin Sullivan. (DK, $45.) A reference guide to World Wrestling Entertainment.

Paperback Nonficton

1	THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin, $15.) A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2	THE MIDDLE PLACE, by Kelly Corrigan. (Voice, $14.95.) A woman’s struggle with cancer, her own and her father’s, helps her gain a new maturity.
3	I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Citadel/Kensington, $15.95.) Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
4	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $14.95.) Obama on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.
5	EMERGENCY, by Neil Strauss. (Harper, $16.99.) Life on what might be the verge of apocalypse.
6	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $14.95;, Vintage, $7.99.) The president proposes that Americans move beyond political divisions. First Chapter
7	EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15.) A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self.
8	THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. First Chapte
9	90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $12.99.) A minister on the other­worldly experience he had after an accident.
10	MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury, $14.95.) A memoir of one-night stands.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1	THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.
2	HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) The aftermath of a New Jersey high school kid’s suicide.
3	BONES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is called in when women’s bodies turn up in a Los Angeles marsh.
4	PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Berkley, $9.99.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Ore­gon must determine what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies.
5	THE GRAND FINALE, by Janet Evanovich. (Harper/HarperCollins, $7.99.) In this reissue of a 1988 novel, a woman grabs the attention of a hunky man when she falls out of a tree and onto his pizza.
6	LOST SOULS, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra, $7.99.) An aspiring true-crime writer investigates the disappearance of four girls at All Saints College and begins to realize she’s being stalked herself.
7	THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Dell, $7.99.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court rules against a company accused of dumping toxic waste. First Chapter
8	THE MACKADE BROTHERS: RAFE AND JARED, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) A reissue of two stories, featuring a pair of rebels in Antietam, Md.
9	MONTANA CREEDS: DYLAN, by Linda Lael Miller. (HQN, $7.99.) In this second book of a trilogy, “rodeo’s bad boy” returns home and sets hearts aflutter.
10	DANGER IN A RED DRESS, by Christina Dodd. (Signet, $7.99.) A woman on the Maine coast, entrusted with a deathbed secret, winds up being pursued by killers, and only Gabriel Prescott can save her.