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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for April 17, 2003
from sales the week ending April 13, 2003
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| HARDCOVER FICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, 0385504209, Doubleday, $24.95
A taut new thriller set against the backdrop of religion and history. |
1/4 |
| 2. |
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, 0316666343, Little Brown, $21.95
Top Ten 76 Pick. A child watches from heaven as her family deals with her absence. |
2/43 |
| 3. |
Lost Light
Michael Connelly, 0316154601, Little Brown, $25.95
A king of crime fiction returns with another Bosch thriller. |
3/2 |
| 4. |
The Guardian - Debut
Nicholas Sparks, 0446527793, Warner, $24.95
The bestselling author of Nights in Rodanthe explores love and obsession. |
/1 |
| 5. |
Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages - Debut
Tim LaHaye, 0842332340, Tyndale House , $24.99
#11 in the remarkable best-selling Left Behind series. |
/1 |
| 6. |
The King of Torts
John Grisham, 0385508042, Doubleday, $27.95
Grisham's latest bestseller, and still selling well. |
4/10 |
| 7. |
Life of Pi
Yann Martel, 0151008116, Harcourt , $25
Top Ten 76 Pick and Booker Prize winner. |
7/25 |
| 8. |
Children of the Storm
Elizabeth Peters, 0066214769, Morrow, $25.95
Sleuth Amelia Peabody enchants in early-20th-century Egypt. |
6/2 |
| 9. |
Cerulean Sins
Laurell K. Hamilton, 0425188361, Berkley , $22.95
#11 in the Vampire Hunter series. |
5/2 |
| 10. |
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, 0374199698, FSG, $27
Top Ten 76 Pick and 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner; back on the list due to recent Prize announcement. |
/2 |
| 11. |
Birthright
Nora Roberts, 0399149848, Putnam, $25.95
Tried-and-true Roberts' latest delectable feast. |
9/2 |
| 12. |
Back Story
Robert B. Parker, 0399149775, Putnam, $24.95
"Spensah!" Parker is still cooking after 30 books. |
8/5 |
| 13. |
Bay of Souls - Debut
Robert Stone, 0395963494, Houghton Mifflin , $25
76 Pick; a probing study from the popular Stone. |
/1 |
| 14. |
Twelve Times Blessed - Debut
Jacquelyn Mitchard, 0066214750, HarperCollins, $25.95
76 Pick from the author of Deep End of the Ocean; an engrossing,
thoughtful domestic drama. |
/1 |
| 15. |
Mrs. Kimble
Jennifer Haigh, 0060509392, Morrow, $24.95
#1 76 Pick; one man, three wives; a psychological exploration. |
14/4 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 52. |
The Book of Salt
Monique Truong, 0618304002, Houghton Mifflin , $24
76 Pick; to be young, gay, and Vietnamese in seductive 1920s Paris. |
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