Editors' Choice

FICTION

ALNILAM, James Dickey -- THE BOYS OF WINTER, Wilfrid Sheed -- 50, Avery Corman MORE DIE OF HEARTBREAK, Saul Bellow POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Carrie Fisher -- YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS, Joyce Carol Oates

NONFICTION

BEST INTENTIONS, Robert Sam Anson CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, Barrie Penrose and Simon Freeman -- IN SEARCH OF MELANCHOLY BABY, Vassily Aksyonov ORPHANS: REAL AND IMAGINARY, Eileen Simpson -- RACING THROUGH PARADISE, William F. Buckley Jr. -- THE SONGLINES, Bruce Chatwin