Hardcover.

Fiction

1. Drive Me Crazy/Eric Jerome Dickey (NEW) ($23.95, Dutton Books, ISBN 0-525-94790-6)

The tenth novel from the best-selling author of Naughty or Nice, Eric Jerome Dickey serves up a new novel with style, sexiness, and a bit of grit.

2 Gotham Diaries/Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal McCrary Anthony (1) ($21.95, Hyperion Books, ISBN 1-401-30119-3)

A savvy, witty and intriguing expose of the upper echelons of New York's African American society, by two authors who should know.

3. Too Much of A Good Thing/ Kimberla Lawson Roby (2) ($23.95, William Morrow, ISBN 0-060-56849-6)

In Roby's sixth book, Curtis Black, charismatic pastor who previously wreaked havoc in Casting the First Stone, is now divorced and returns to the pulpit.

4. Somebody's Gotta Be on Top/Mary B. Morrison (NEW) ($24., Dafina Books, ISBN 0-758-20724-7)

Morrison weaves together a wonderful cast of characters from her national best-sellers.

5. The Million Dollar Divorce/R.M. Johnson (NEW) ($23., Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-743-25816-9)

RM Johnson, best-selling author of Dating Games and The Harris Family, delivers an absorbing and provocative new novel about the low-down schemes and broken dreams that follow a fractured marriage.

Nonfiction

1. On the Down Low/J.L. King (1) ($21.95, Broadway Books, ISBN 0-767-91398-1)

Author and activist J.L King's intriguing look at the lives and lifestyles of black men who sleep with other men but do not consider themselves to be gay.

2. My Life/Bill Clinton (3) ($35., Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0-375-41457-6)

A strikingly candid portrait of this beloved past president.

3. He-Motions/Bishop T.D. Jakes (5) ($19.95, Putnam, ISBN 0-399-15196-6)

The Dallas-based preacher turns his attention to "a man's relationships," using the many-sided King David as his starting point.

4. Hallelujah! The Welcome Table/Maya Angelou (NEW) ($29.95, Random House, ISBN 1-400-06289-6)

Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant, and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable.

5. Purpose Driven Life/Rick Warren (4) ($19.99, Zondervan Publishing, ISBN 0-310-20571-9)

A California-based Southern Baptist preacher guides readers through a 40-day campaign to align with God's purposes.