NONFICTION - July 14, 1991

AS THOUSANDS CHEER: The Life of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen (Penguin: $14.95). Biography recalls celebrity acquaintances and long marriage of the legendary composer.

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED by Alan Gelb (St. Martin’s: $5.99). Salutatorian of East Chatham, N. Y., high school confessed to the murder of his entire family, yet he was acquitted by the courts.

OPERATION DRUMBEAT by Michael Gannon (HarperPerennial: $12.95). Historian’s account of how the Germans used U-Boats and tourist maps to overwhelm the U.S. Navy and the allied forces during World War II.

A NATURALIST’S CABIN: Building a Home in the Woods by Cathy Johnson (Plume: $12.95). Country Living columnist pens an account of her solitary experience building and occupying her rustic observation post in the Missouri woods.

FICTION

SPY SINKER by Len Deighton (HarperPaperbacks: $5.95) As a fish gets caught by opening its mouth, the Communists are optimistic that double agent Fiona Samson will succumb hook, line, and . . .

THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT by Dean R. Koontz (Berkley: $5.95). Popular teen-ager exerts an eerie influence over one who is more timid in this psychological suspense novel.

ALWAYS AND FOREVER by Cynthia Freeman (Jove: $5.95). A woman reunites with a past love after her marriage to his cousin takes an ugly and violent twist.

MR. CHAMPION’S QUARRY by Margery Allingham with Youngman Carter (Carroll & Graf: $3.95). Nearing his retirement, the esteemed English inspector rises to the occasion of one last intrigue, involving industrial espionage.