"Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan" by Edmund Morris This hotly controversial biography depicts Reagan as a cold, politically brilliant ignoramus. See what you think of Morris's bizarre, very literary invention of a fictional character: himself.

"The Low-Carb Cookbook" by Fran McCullough James Beard Award winner McCullough (who lost 60 pounds taking her own advice) offers a "Complete Guide to the Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Lifestyle," with 250 recipes and analyses of the Dr. Atkins, "Carbohydrate Addicts," and "Protein Power" books.

"Hard Time" by Sara Paretsky Detective V.I. Warshawski is back--only this time she's doing her sleuthing behind bars.

"Pop Goes the Weasel" by James Patterson Detective Alex Cross is cooler than Bond--but can he beat a psycho killer called the Weasel? On sale October 19.

"Sugar Busters! Cookbook" by H. Leighton Steward et al. The New Orleans antisugar diet in handy how-to form. On sale October 27.

"Harry Potter Boxed Set" by J.K. Rowling At last, the trio kids and parents have demanded: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," the "Sorcerer's Stone," and the "Prisoner of Azkaban," all in one tidy package. That's magic. On sale in November.

"Timeline" by Michael Crichton Crichton's futuristic, historically minded novel sounds like a cross between H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine" and his own "Jurassic Park." On sale November 16.

Here's a peek at what's piquing interest on Amazon.com's paperback bestseller list.

"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver A marvelous saga of a missionary family in the Congo in 1959, when all hell broke loose.

"Organizing from the Inside Out" by Julie Morgenstern How to tame the chaos of your home, office, and life.

"The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester A true story of murder, insanity, and the making of the "Oxford English Dictionary."