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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 9, 2004
from sales the week ending September 5, 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 and Book Sense Book of the Year winner. No conspiracies
here! |
1/76 |
| 2. |
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Debut
Susanna Clarke, 1582344167, Bloomsbury, $27.95
A wondrous Book Sense Pick for September. How magicians helped defeat Napoleon
in 1806. |
/1 |
| 3. |
Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen, 0375411089, Knopf, $24.95
More Hiaasen hijinks off the Florida coast with schemes galore. |
2/8 |
| 4. |
The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason, 0385337116, Dial, $24
Suspense and intrigue for four smart Princetonians unraveling the secrets
of an ancient manuscript. |
3/17 |
| 5. |
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. |
4/50 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/19 |
| 7. |
Snow
Orhan Pamuk, 0375406972, Knopf, $26
The author of My Name Is Red returns with a timely political novel
set in Turkey. |
7/3 |
| 8. |
The Winds of Change
Martha Grimes, 0670033278, Viking, $25.95
Scotland Yard's Richard Jury is on the case! |
5/2 |
| 9. |
R Is for Ricochet
Sue Grafton, 0399152288, Putnam, $26.95
Grafton treats us to a really racy, robust read this time. |
8/8 |
| 10. |
The Egyptologist - Debut
Arthur Phillips, 1400062500, Random House, $24.95
A clever conumdrum set in 1920s Eygpt. |
/1 |
| 11. |
Tanequil (High Druid of Shannara #2) - Debut
Terry Brooks, 0345435745, Del Rey, $26.95
The second installment in the bestselling High Druid of Shannara series. |
/1 |
| 12. |
Sam's Letters to Jennifer
James Patterson, 0316710571, Little Brown, $24.95
Patterson changes gears with an affecting love story. Not for thriller seekers! |
10/10 |
| 13. |
Dark Voyage
Alan Furst, 1400060184, Random House, $24.95
Exotic, cinematic, thrilling European espionage on the eve of WWII. |
9/5 |
| 14. |
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. |
12/19 |
| 15. |
Birds Without Wings
Louis de Bernieres, 1400043417, Knopf, $25.95
The long-awaited novel from the author of the fabulous Corelli's Mandolin. |
13/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 24. |
Hissy Fit
Mary Kay Andrews, 0060564644, HarperCollins, $24.95
A darkly delicious Book Sense Pick for September.
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