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Bestseller List for September 26, 2002
from sales the week ending September 22
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  HARDCOVER FICTION Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, 0316666343, Little Brown, $21.95.
A Top Ten 76 Pick. A child watches from heaven as her family deals with her absence.
1/14
2. Blessings - Debut
Anna Quindlen, 0375502238, Random House, $24.95.
New novel from the ever-popular Anna.
-/1
3. Nights in Rodanthe - Debut
Nicholas Sparks, 0446531332, Warner, $22.95.
New novel from the ever-popular Nick.
-/1
4. Standing in the Rainbow
Fannie Flagg, 0679426159, Random House, $25.95.
More good fun in Elmwood Springs, Missouri.
3/7
5. Lullaby - Debut
Chuck Palahniuk, 0385504470, Doubleday, $24.95.
76 Pick; new weirdness from Chuck.
-/1
6. Shrink Rap - Debut
Robert B. Parker, 0399149309, Putnam, $24.95.
New novel from the ever-popular Rob.
-/1
7. Red Rabbit
Tom Clancy, 0399148701, Putnam, $28.95.
Jack Ryan's early years.
2/7
8. The Nanny Diaries
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, 0312278586, St. Martin's, $24.95.
In a memoir thinly veiled as fiction, two nannies tell all about wealthy NYC families and the way they treat their children's caretakers.
4/28
9. The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber, 015100692X, Harcourt, $26.
76 Pick; Victorian England with a twist.
8/2
10. The Last Girls - Debut
Lee Smith, 1565123638, Algonquin, $24.95.
#1 76 Pick selling like crazy the first week out; a lovely novel.
-/1
11. The Piano Tuner - Debut
Daniel Philippe Mason, 0375414657, Knopf, $24.
76 Pick; a debut novel garnering fantastic reviews.
-/1
12. The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter, 0375413634, Knopf, $26.95.
A major novel and literary thriller; reviews everywhere. A Top Ten 76 Pick.
9/16
13. The Grave Maurice
Martha Grimes, 0670030457, Viking, $25.95.
The jury is still in.
7/4
14. Blood of Victory
Alan Furst, 0375505741, Random House, $24.95.
Finally! First big breakout for Furst, the new LeCarre � and even better.
13/4
15. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad- Debut
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, 0765301571, Tor, $27.95.
New novel about the increasingly cranky Dune inhabitants. Get 'em some water!
-/1
  ON THE RISE  
23. Crime School
Carol O'Connell, 0399149287, Putnam, $24.95.
A Fall Mystery 76 Top Ten Pick. Kathy Mallory, NYPD detective, is back.
 

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