Complete book coverage for Nov. 22, 2009

The reasons why one writer’s self-explorations take fictional form.

Interested in more than what the U.S. children’s market has to offer? Here are new imports from British, Dutch and French authors.

The Nobel Prize-winning author and self-proclaimed ‘Istanbul boy,’ feels a familiar bond with Los Angeles’ old-fashioned urban scape.

Multiple levels of meaning and identity figure in the author’s new novel about a dying man remembering his student days.

The New Yorker writer’s sense of curiosity burns bright in this collection of essays.

The story of Freud’s early collaboration with an older colleague and how it led to the invention of psychoanalysis.

The author’s daunting task -- to dissect this universal constant -- is too far ranging and hobbled by a topic that’s difficult to define.

Getting to the bottom of the memoir genre.

The immigrant experience in contemporary America.

Plus: ‘On Thin Ice’ by Richard Ellis and ‘Little Fingers’ by Filip Florian

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. 24 2.The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $26.99) A writer’s escapades encompassing 1930s Mexican artist communities and Cold War America. 1 3.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ( Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell.2 4.Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown : $27.99) An LAPD detective travels to Hong Kong to solve the murder of a Chinese immigrant. 55.The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $25.99) Harvard professor Robert Langdon uses his symbology skills to find a missing Freemason in Washington, D.C. 96.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.95) Greg desires to spend summer vacation indoors despite his mother’s wishes for outdoor family fun.57.Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (Random House: $28) A father and son on the run in 1950s Northeast logging communities. 28.The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor: $29.99) Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, attempts to unite kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. 39.Ford County by John Grisham (Doubleday: $24) A collection of short stories set in the same locale as “A Time to Kill.”1 10.Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (Riverhead: $25.95) A woman acquaints herself with the songwriter whose album caused the breakup of her recent relationship. 5 11.Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn (Atria: $27.99) Two counterterrorism operatives deal with the fallout from a deadly terrorist attack. 5 12.Blood’s a Rover by James Ellroy (Knopf : $28.95) A bank heist sets off an escapade through ‘60s L.A. with run-ins with the mob, the FBI and Howard Hughes. 7 13.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules by Jeff Kinney (Amulet : $12.95) Greg navigates middle school while trying to keep his brother from revealing a secret.2 14.The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk (Knopf: $28.95) An Istanbul bourgeois pursues a shopgirl, collecting objects associated with her. 1 15.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. 13Nonfiction 1.What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) A collection of the author’s writings of everyday and extraordinary people. 3 2.SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.

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