It’s a truism that the books at the top of the best-seller are not always the best books of the day.  Here are seven titles that  are worth a look although they did not crack this weeks NY Times top 10.   They might not be up there with The Goldfinch or the Booker-winning The Luminaries, but they could be a welcome diversion from the usual run of family dramas, crime stories and the Patterson book-of-the month.