After the election, the fiction floodgates open, bringing novels from Abraham Verghese, Stephanie Kallos, Zoë Heller, Alan Brennert and Colson Whitehead. Blockbusters arrive in weekly crops, led by John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson and Jodi Picoult. But will big-laydown debuts from Jonathan Littell, Joanna Smith Rakoff and Josh Bazell rise as well? In nonfiction, “incurable optimist” Michael J. Fox returns, while Perez Hilton gleefully pierces the celeb bubble, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers bromides on business and politics, and Temple Grandin reminds us of what makes us human.

January| January 1 |What's Age Got to Do with It?: Living Your Healthiest and Happiest Life by Robin McGraw (Nelson, $24.99). 250,000 copies.The Big Idea: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True, from the Aha Moment to Your First Million by Donny Deutsch (Hyperion, $25.95). 125,000 copies.| January 5 |Mind over Fat: The S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Diet by Ian K. Smith, M.D. (St. Martin's, $24.95). 250,000 copies.In Other Rooms, Other Wonders: Connected Stories by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Norton, $23.95). 50,000 copies.| January 6 |Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $27.95). 2 million copies.The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles (Scribner, $26.95). 500,000 copies.The UltraMind Solution by Mark Hyman, M.D. (Scribner, $26). 300,000 copies.Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Tor, $24.95). 200,000 copies.Accountable by Tavis Smiley (Atria, $19.95). 175,000 copies.Power of Soul by Zhi Gang Sha (Atria, $25). 150,000 copies.Red Carpet Suicide by Perez Hilton (NAL, $23.95). 150,000 copies.The Man from Oakdale by Henry Coleman with Alina Adams (Pocket, $23). 125,000 copies.With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda (HarperCollins, $25.95). 100,000 copies.The Great Eight by Scott Hamilton (Nelson/Practical Living, $24.99). 100,000 copies.On the Grind by Stephen J. Cannell (St. Martin's, $25.95). 100,000 copies.Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box (St. Martin's, $24.95). 100,000 copies.| January 7 |Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26). 250,000 copies.All Pets Go to Heaven by Sylvia Browne (Fireside, $23.95). 100,000 copies.Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown, $24.99). 100,000 copies.| January 12 |Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos (Atlantic Monthly, $24). 100,000 copies.| January 13 |Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95). 300,000 copies.Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child (Doubleday, $24.95). 250,000 copies.The Inheritance: The Global Challenges to American Power by David E. Sanger (Harmony, $26.95). 150,000 copies.Snark by David Denby (Simon & Schuster, $15.95). 150,000 copies.Become Your Own Matchmaker by Patti Stanger (Atria, $25). 125,000 copies.The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin (Atlantic Monthly, $24). 100,000 copies.| January 20 |Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins, $27.95). 200,000 copies.The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill (Doubleday, $24.95). 60,000 copies.| January 22 |Wired for War by P.W. Singer (Penguin Press, $27.95).| January 27 |The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95). 2.8 million copies.A Darker Place by Jack Higgins (Putnam, $26.95). 275,000 copies.Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann (Ballantine, $25). 150,000 copies.What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis (Collins, $26.95). 150,000 copies.The Best of Everything by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow, $23.95). 150,000 copies.Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Ballantine, $24). 60,000 copies.The Big Rich by Bryan Burrough (Penguin Press, $29.95).February
| February 2 |
Run for Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99). 1.2 million copies.
| February 3 |
Do the Hard Things First (And Other Bloomberg Rules for Business and Politics) by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Perseus/Vanguard, $25.95). 300,000 copies.
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (Berkley, $24.95). 250,000 copies.
The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the People Who Raised Them by Amy Dickinson (Hyperion, $22.95). 250,000 copies.
True Colors by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Morrow, $24.95). 250,000 copies.
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (HarperCollins, $25.95). 200,000 copies.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Knopf, $26.95). 150,000 copies.
I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore (Hyperion, $23.95). 100,000 copies.
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story by Emmanuel Jal (St. Martin's, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
Murder at the Academy Awards: A Red Carpet Mystery by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer (Pocket, $25). 75,000 copies.
Enough Already! Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You by Peter Walsh (Free Press, $26).
| February 9 |
Drood by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown, $26.99). 125,000 copies.
| February 10 |
Fool by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
| February 10 |
The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice (Bantam, $25). 200,000 copies.
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein (Doubleday, $26). 200,000 copies.
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You by Deepak Chopra (Harmony, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
The Silent Man by Alex Berenson (Putnam, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
Gladiator by Dan Clark (Scribner, $25). 150,000 copies.
The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin Press, $27.95).
| February 17 |
The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci (Doubleday, $26.95). 250,000 copies.
The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday, $25.95). 200,000 copies.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Doubleday, $27.50). 125,000 copies.
| February 19 |
Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins (Putnam, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
| February 24 |
One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). 750,000 copies.
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam, $26.95). 650,000 copies.
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (Knopf, $26.95). 350,000 copies.
Night and Day by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $25.95). 300,000 copies.
White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison (HarperCollins/Eos, $24.95). 175,000 copies.
How to Become Enlightened by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Atria, $23). 125,000 copies.
The Sign: A Novel by Raymond Khoury (Dutton, $26.95). 120,000 copies.
| February 27 |
Why Him? Why Her? Understanding Your Personality Type and Finding Your Soul Mate by Helen Fisher (Holt, $25). 150,000 copies.
March
| March 1 |
A Different Life by Quinn Bradlee (Public Affairs, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
Gambling the Planet: Surviving the Global Climate Crisis by Nicholas Stern (Public Affairs, $26.95). 100,000 copies.
| March 3 |
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $27.95). 1 million copies.
Corsair by Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul (Putnam, $27.95). 600,000 copies.
Fight for Your Money: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a Fortune by David Bach (Broadway, $24.95). 350,000 copies.
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's, $27.95). 300,000 copies.
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (HarperCollins, $29.95). 150,000 copies.
Temptation and Surrender by Stephanie Laurens (Morrow, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins by Dr. Donald Johanson and Kate Wong (Harmony, $25). 75,000 copies.
The Believers by Zoë Heller (HarperCollins, $25.95). 75,000 copies.
Angels of Destruction: A Novel by Keith Donohue (Harmony/Shaye Areheart, $24). 75,000 copies.
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo (St. Martin's, $25.95). 75,000 copies.
Honolulu by Alan Brennert (St. Martin's, $24.95). 75,000 copies.
| March 10 |
10-10-10 by Suzy Welch (Scribner, $24). 400,000 copies.
Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster, $25). 150,000 copies.
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman (Morrow, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
The Difference: New Research Unlocks the 10 Secrets to Becoming Truly Wealthy by Jean Chatzky (Crown Business, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
| March 17 |
Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's, $24.95). 200,000 copies.
Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross (Morrow, $25.95). 200,000 copies.
Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security by Gen. Richard Myers with Malcolm McConnell (Simon & Schuster/Threshold, $27). 125,000 copies.
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 1858—1919 by Douglas Brinkley (HarperCollins, $29.95). 100,000 copies.
| March 23 |
Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee by Allen Barra (Norton, $27.95). 60,000 copies.
| March 24 |
True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine, $27). 350,000 copies.
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi I by Aaron Allston (Del Rey, $27). 250,000 copies.
The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry: The Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success by Louis J. Aronne, M.D. (Broadway, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
No Right to Remain Silent: The Tragedy at Virginia Tech by Lucinda Roy (Harmony, $25). 150,000 copies.
Pursuit by Karen Robards (Putnam, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life by Donald Trump with Meredith McIver (Perseus/Vanguard, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White (Putnam, $25.95). 125,000 copies.
Fault Line by Barry Eisler (Ballantine, $25). 100,000 copies.
Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Doubleday Business, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
The Dark Volume by Gordon Dahlquist (Bantam, $26). 75,000 copies.
| March 31 |
Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $26.95). 320,000 copies.
Malice by Lisa Jackson (Kensington, $25). 250,000 copies.
Cloris by Cloris Leachman with George Englund (Kensington, $24). 150,000 copies.
The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles (Morrow, $24.95). 75,000 copies.
April
| April 1 |
Deen Family Cookbook by Paula Deen (Simon & Schuster, $26). 500,000 copies.
Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson (Little, Brown, $24.99). 300,000 copies.
A Fortunate Age by Joanna Smith Rakoff (Scribner, $26). 100,000 copies.
| April 4 |
Untitled Memoir by Dara Torres (Broadway, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
| April 7 |
In Praise of Stay at Home Moms by Laura C. Schlessinger (HarperCollins, $24.95). 250,000 copies.
Might As Well Laugh About It Now by Marie Osmond (NAL, $24.95). 250,000 copies.
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Roc, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson (Morrow, $25.95). 250,000 copies.
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner, $25). 200,000 copies.
We Are Our Mother's Daughters: Revised Edition by Cokie Roberts (Morrow, $21.95). 150,000 copies.
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini (Simon & Schuster, $24). 125,000 copies.
Before You Do Reflections: Making Life Decisions You Won't Regret by T.D. Jakes (Atria, $18). 100,000 copies.
Today's Moms by Mary Ann Zoellner and Alicia Ybarbo (Collins, $15.95). 100,000 copies.
Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern (HarperCollins, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
| April 14 |
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion, $24.95). 750,000 copies.
Vanished Smile by R.A. Scotti (Knopf, $23.95). 150,000 copies.
Growing Up Again: Confronting My Diabetes by Mary Tyler Moore (St. Martin's, $24.95). 150,000 copies.
Unforgettable You by Daisy Fuentes (Atria, $24). 100,000 copies.
Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salad by Christine Avanti (Rodale, $24.95). 100,000 copies.
A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth (Touchstone, $25). 100,000 copies.
| April 21 |
Deadlock by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's, $26.95). 650,000 copies.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $23.95). 300,000 copies.
The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval (Doubleday Business, $17.95). 100,000 copies.
| April 27 |
8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99). 1.2 million copies.
| April 28 |
Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg by Kathie-Lee Gifford (Ballantine, $19.95). 350,000 copies.
Showing Up for Life: Lessons from a Life Well Lived by William Gates (Doubleday Business, $21.95). 150,000 copies.
Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous by Fern Michaels (Kensington, $24). 150,000 copies.
| April 28 |
Sag Harbor: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday, $24.95). 50,000 copies.