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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 28, 2004
from sales the week ending October 24, 2004
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Last Week/
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $19.95, 0375422986
From Botswana to Scotland -- a new series begins from the author of the beloved The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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1/4
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The Plot Against America
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26.00, 0618509283
Alternate history the Roth way -- Lindbergh becomes President during the author's childhood years. An October Book Sense Pick.
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2/5
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209
A bestselling phenomenon and Book Sense Book of the Year winner. No conspiracies here!
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4/83
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, $27.95, 1582344167
A wondrous Book Sense Pick for September. How magicians helped defeat Napoleon in 1806.
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3/8
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Light on Snow
Anita Shreve, Little Brown, $24.95, 0316781487
An absorbing new drama starring love, loss, and memory. A Book Sense Pick for November '04.
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5/2
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $19.95, 0786868716
The author of the hugely popular Tuesdays With Morrie fictionalizes the next step in that conversation -- life after death.
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6/57
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Nights of Rain and Stars
Maeve Binchy, Dutton, $25.95, 052594754X
The well-loved Irish storyteller returns with a new novel about strangers and friends, family and distance.
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7/5
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Trace
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152199
Kay Scarpetta goes home again to Richmond to do what she does best -- forensic investigations.
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9/7
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The Dark Tower
Stephen King, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $35.00, 1880418622
It's done, fini, kaput. After 20 years, this seventh book ends King's massively popular Dark Tower series.
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8/5
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The Two Swords - Debut
R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, $27.95, 0786933607
The third and final volume in the bestselling Hunter's Blades Trilogy from the Forgotten Realms universe.
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/1
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Double Shot - Debut
Diane Mott Davidson, William Morrow , $24.95, 0060527293
"A perfect blend of crime, craziness, and cooking!" (Shelley Robson, Enchanted Forest Books). A November Pick.
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/1
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Northern Lights
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399152059
Small town goings-on in an Alaskan frontier town.
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10/2
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The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason, Dial, $24.00, 0385337116
Suspense and intrigue for four smart Princetonians unraveling the secrets of an ancient manuscript.
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12/24
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Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $24.95, 0375411089
More Hiaasen hijinks off the Florida coast, with schemes galore.
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13/15
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The Prince of Beverly Hills - Debut
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 0399152202
A detective novel set in 1930s Hollywood -- seamy, seedy, and simmering.
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ON THE RISE |
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| 26. |
The Darling
Russell Banks, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060197358
A captivating political-historical thriller and November Book Sense Pick.
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