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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for March 11, 2004
from sales the week ending March 7, 2004
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| HARDCOVER FICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, 0385504209, Doubleday, $24.95
This bestselling phenomenon and Book Sense Pick is filled with biblical conspiracies, symbols, and secrets. |
1/50 |
| 2. |
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom, 0786868716, Hyperion, $19.95
The author of the hugely popular Tuesdays With Morrie fictionalizes
the next step in that conversation -- life after death. |
2/24 |
| 3. |
The Last Juror
John Grisham, 0385510438, Doubleday, $27.95
Grisham returns with a legal thriller/mystery, softened by atmosphere and character. |
3/5 |
| 4. |
3rd Degree - Debut
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, 0316603570, Little Brown, $26.95
The Women's Murder Club is at it again in the third of the bestselling adventure/mystery series from Patterson and collaborator Gross. |
/1 |
| 5. |
The Birth of Venus
Sarah Dunant, 1400060737, Random House, $21.95
Mesmerizing, sexy, and startling, says Susan Avery of Ariel Booksellers. (And a Book Sense Pick to boot.) |
7/3 |
| 6. |
The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga - Debut
Edward Rutherfurd, 0385502869, Doubleday, $27.95
A long, meaty, fictional tour through ancient Ireland, from the author of the bestselling London. |
/1 |
| 7. |
The Lady and the Unicorn
Tracy Chevalier, 0525947671, Dutton, $23.95
Chevalier once again weaves literary drama from the imaginings of art in her newest Book Sense pick; this time, tapestries from the Middle Ages. |
9/10 |
| 8. |
The Amateur Marriage
Anne Tyler, 1400042070, Knopf, $24.95
The slow dissolution of a 30-year relationship, masterfully captured by the inimitable Tyler. A Book Sense Pick. |
4/9 |
| 9. |
The Bookman's Promise
John Dunning, 0743249925, Scribner, $25
Book collecting turns sexy in the Janeway series of murder mysteries. Another worthy first edition! |
6/2 |
| 10. |
The Game - Debut
Laurie R. King, 0553801945, Bantam, $23.95
Sherlock and wife Mary Russell travel to India for an exotic new case. |
/1 |
| 11. |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon, 0385509456, Doubleday, $22.95
A view from within the mind of a 15-year-old autistic boy, on an unusual chase to find a dog killer. A Book Sense Pick. |
11/23 |
| 12. |
Absolute Friends
John le Carre, 0316000647, Little Brown, $26.95
Never just a "spy novelist," le Carre hits the mark in the contemporary world with his enduring themes of character, honor, and morality. |
8/8 |
| 13. |
A Death in Vienna
Daniel Silva, 0399151435, Putnam, $25.95
The exciting completion of a trilogy dealing with "the unfinished business of the Holocaust" (Silva). |
5/2 |
| 14. |
High Country
Nevada Barr, 0399151443, Putnam, $24.95
A new, exciting, scenic adventure for park ranger Anna Pigeon. |
12/5 |
| 15. |
The Well of Lost Plots
Jasper Fforde, 0670032891, Viking, $24.95
A new Book Sense Pick, sequel to The Eyre Affair and Lost in a
Good Book, and another smart mystery inspired in part by the book trade. |
10/2 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 19. |
The Swallows of Kabul
Yasmina Khadra, 0385510012, Nan A. Talese, $18.95
The besieged life of two couples under the repressive Taliban. A Book Sense Pick. |
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| ON THE RISE |
| 26. |
PS, I Love You
Cecelia Ahern, 1401300901, Hyperion, $21.95
A wonderful cast of characters enlivens this poignant and funny love story. A Book Sense Pick. |
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