Hardcover Fiction
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 |
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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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