Trade Paperback Fiction Bestseller List for November 27, 2000 from sales the week ending November 19 Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, November 22 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, November 27 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE   TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION last week / # of weeks 1 House Of Sand and Fog - 1st Week at #1; A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick Andre Dubus III, 0375727345, Vintage, $13.00 In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. -/34 2 Girl In Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland, 014029628X, Penguin, $12.00 Eight vibrant stories that trace the history of a Vermeer painting through its various owners. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 3/7 3 Plainsong Kent Haruf, 0375705856, Vintage, $13.00 A heartstrong story of family and romance, set on the High Plains of Colorado. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 1/13 4 The Red Tent Anita Diamant, 0312195516, Picador, $14.00 A fascinating re-imagining of the biblical Dinah, daughter to Jacob and Leah, as well as the lives of all women during that time. 4/46 5 The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver, 0060930535, HarperPerennial, $14.00 Set in the Belgian Congo, an ambitious, beautifully written novel by an indie-bookseller favorite. 2/52 6 Ahab's Wife Sena Jeter Naslund, 0688177859, HarperPerennial, $15.00 A grand work of historical fiction that looks at the epic of Moby Dick from another perspective. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 6/7 7 Waiting Ha Jin, 0375706410, Vintage, $13.00 Just out in paperback, this winner of the National Book Award is an austere and affecting novel about love and politics. 5/9 8 Daughter Of Fortune Isabel Allende, 0060932759, HarperPerennial, $14.00 An elegant, ambitious novel where a brave and independent woman's mid-1800's journey from Chile to a new life in California also becomes a spiritual journey. 8/12 9 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee, 0140296409, Penguin, $13.00 The 1999 winner of the Booker prize, just out in paperback. 7/3 10 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri, 039592720X, Mariner, $12.00 A Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of stories set in both India and America. 10/31 11 Motherless Brooklyn - A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick Jonathan Lethem, 0375724834, Vintage, $13.00 9/4 12 The Hours Michael Cunningham, 0312243022, Picador, $13.00 11/30 13 Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind Ann B. Ross, 0688177751, HarperPerennial, $13.00 12/30 14 A Gesture Life Chang Rae Lee, 1573228281, Riverhead, $13.00 14/5 15 Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister Gregory Maguire, Bill Sanderson (Illustrator), 0060987529, ReganBooks, $15.00 -/2 The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information, please contact Michael Hoynes, Marketing Officer, at: (914) 591-2665 ext. 1204, 828 Broadway, Tarrytown NY. Reprint Guidelines.