Complete book coverage for Feb. 14, 2010

In ‘Incarceron,’ ‘The Maze Runner,’ ‘The Midnight Charter’ and ‘The Dreamhunter,’ characters face unfair judgment and arbitrary rules -- isn’t that what every teen experiences?

When I was researching my nonfiction book “The Lost Art of Walking,” I came across this wonderful comic passage in P.G.

For 37 years, the writer worked the underworld beat for the New Yorker. ‘Reporting at Wit’s End’ displays his craft.

This meditation on post-millennial issues is about Yucca Mountain, a nuclear waste dump near Las Vegas.

In this young adult novel, the thrills add up.

A young scholar finds nourishment -- and madness -- in the academic circles devoted to studying Russia’s literary masters.

The cruel radiance of life found in the author’s poetry shimmers in this collection of stories.

The Pulitzer-nominated author roams the world to share the rides that are changing people’s lives.

“Jealousy,” “Lunch in Paris” and “Supernormal Stimuli”

Fiction weeks on list1.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. 36 2.First Rule by Robert Crais (Putnam: $26.95) Joe Pike’s past catches up with him when an old friend’s entire family is killed.4 3.The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. 24 4.The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown: $26.99) The past and present converge in a mystery surrounding a tormented artist.35.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell.146.The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R.

Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.