Hardcover Fiction

LIVING HISTORY, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) A memoir by the junior senator from New York and former first lady.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) A biography of the scientist, inventor, writer and Revolutionary statesman.

KATE REMEMBERED, by A. Scott Berg. (Putnam, $25.95.) Memories from a writer who was a close friend of Katharine Hepburn's in the last 20 years of her life.

TREASON, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $26.95.) The lawyer and pundit dissects "liberal treachery from the cold war to the war on terrorism." (+)

THE KENNEDY CURSE, by Edward Klein. (St. Martin's, $24.95.) A retelling of the tragedies that have befallen "America's first family."

WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED, by E. Lynn Harris. (Doubleday, $22.95.) From a childhood in Arkansas to life as a best-selling author: the memoir of a novelist.

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, by Bill Bryson. (Broadway, $27.50.) From the Big Bang to the 21st century: a guided tour of the sciences and what they tell us about the physical world.

MONEYBALL, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $24.95.) How Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, produces a successful team despite having one of the smallest payrolls in baseball.

BEYOND BELIEF, by Elaine Pagels. (Random House, $24.95.) The author of "The Gnostic Gospels" examines early Christianity through the Gospel of Thomas. 

WHO'S YOUR CADDY? by Rick Reilly. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A sportswriter recounts his experiences caddying for (among others) Jack Nicklaus, David Duval, Bob Newhart and Deepak Chopra.

INVISIBLE EDEN, by Maria Flook. (Broadway, $24.95.) A novelist explores the life and death of Christa Worthington, a former fashion writer who was murdered on Cape Cod in January 2002.

*ABSOLUTELY AMERICAN, by David Lipsky. (Houghton Mifflin, $25.) A journalist's account of four years in the life of a cadet class at West Point. 

*THE TEAMMATES, by David Halberstam. (Hyperion, $22.95.) The story of a friendship among four men who played for the Red Sox in the 1940's: Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr.

DERELICTION OF DUTY, by Robert (Buzz) Patterson. (Regnery, $27.95.) A retired Air Force colonel who served in the White House contends that Bill Clinton "compromised America's national security." (+)

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, by George Crile. (Atlantic Monthly, $26.) A chronicle, by a veteran producer for "60 Minutes," of a congressman's efforts in the 1980's to steer billions to the anti-Soviet side in Afghanistan.