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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for June 24, 2004
from sales the week ending June 20, 2004
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HARDCOVER FICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, 0385504209, Doubleday, $24.95
A bestselling phenomenon, Book Sense 76 Pick, and Book Sense Book of the
Year winner. No conspiracies here! |
1/65 |
| 2. |
The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason, 0385337116, Dial, $24
Suspense and intrigue for four smart Princetonians, written by two smart
Princetonians. |
2/6 |
| 3. |
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. |
5/39 |
| 4. |
The Jane Austen Book Club
Karen Joy Fowler, 0399151613, Putnam, $23.95
For Austen fans and newbies alike, in or out of book clubs. A smart new
Book Sense Pick. |
4/8 |
| 5. |
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower VI)
Stephen King, 1880418592, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $30
The exciting penultimate volume in the Dark Towers series picks up where
The Wolves of Calla left off. |
3/2 |
| 6. |
A Good Year
Peter Mayle, 0375405917, Knopf, $24
Mayle's Max Skinner goes from financier to vintner -- ah, the good life
at last? |
6/3 |
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Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
Helen Fielding, 0670033332, Viking, $24.95
A new heroine from the creator of Bridget Jones -- funny, imaginative, and
almost a super spy. |
12/2 |
| 8. |
The Full Cupboard of Life
Alexander McCall Smith, 0375422188, Pantheon, $19.95
The lady detective of Botswana is at it again in this fifth installment
of the folksy series. |
7/9 |
| 9. |
Double Play
Robert B. Parker, 0399151885, Putnam, $24.95
The story of the season Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color
barrier, told through the eyes of his fictional bodyguard. |
/3 |
| 10. |
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.) |
8/18 |
| 11. |
Bergdorf Blondes
Plum Sykes, 1401351964, Miramax Books, $23.95
Ah, more on the good life: New York City, bleaching hair, and endless spending. |
9/7 |
| 12. |
In the Moon of Red Ponies
James Lee Burke, 0743245431, S&S, $24.95
A good story, colorful characters both good and evil, and real suspense;
part of the Billy Bob Holland series. |
13/2 |
| 13. |
The Narrows
Michael Connelly, 0316155306, Little Brown, $25.95
A new dynamic thriller from the author of the bestselling Harry Bosch novels. |
11/7 |
| 14. |
Eventide
Kent Haruf, 0375411585, Knopf, $24.95
A sequel to the indie favorite Plainsong and a top Book Sense Pick
on its own. |
10/7 |
| 15. |
Monday Mourning - Debut
Kathy Reichs, 0743233476, Scribner, $25
This absorbing mystery follows Reich's favorite forensic scientist to cold
Canada. |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 18. |
The Queen of the South
Arturo Perez-Reverte, 0399151850, Putnam, $25.95
One part female coming-of-age story, one-part global drug trafficking, all
parts influenced by Dumas.
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