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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for April 28, 2005
from sales the week ending April 24, 2005
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $24.95, 0670033944
Better than (and different from) The Secret Life of Bees? "You bet,"
says bookseller Tara O'Donnell of Paperbacks Plus in Riverdale, NY. A Book
Sense Pick. |
1/3 |
| 2. |
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: The New Novel in the
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series - Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $19.95, 0375422714
The sixth book in the wonderful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and
perhaps his best yet. |
/1 |
| 3. |
Saturday
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26, 0385511809
A single day, a British neurosurgeon, the beginning of the century, the
masterful McEwan. A Book Sense Pick from the author of Atonement. |
2/5 |
| 4. |
True Believer
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.95, 0446532436
A new love story from the author of The Notebook and others. |
4/2 |
| 5. |
Ya-Yas in Bloom
Rebecca Wells, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060195347
A follow-up to wildly popular Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
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3/4 |
| 6. |
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209
A bestselling phenomenon and Book Sense Book of the Year winner. No conspiracies
here! |
5/109 |
| 7. |
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $23, 0374153892
The #1 December Book Sense Pick. "A deep and lovely novel." -- Terry Flynn,
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA |
6/19 |
| 8. |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Houghton Mifflin, $24.95, 0618329706
Warm and brilliant imaginings from the viewpoint of a boy left fatherless
by 9/11. A Book Sense Pick for April. |
7/6 |
| 9. |
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $24, 1400043395
Atmospheric and harrowing, this Book Sense Pick is a love story, and much
more, set in a parallel universe. |
9/3 |
| 10. |
With No One as Witness
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545607
An "un-put-down-able" read about the search for a serial killer. A Book
Sense Notable title. |
8/6 |
| 11. |
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. |
12/83 |
| 12. |
Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $21.95, 1400062314
An updated coming-of-age in prep school story, from the feminine perspective.
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11/12 |
| 13. |
No Place Like Home
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264894
The true mystery in this Clark thriller is why real estate values keep going
up! |
13/3 |
| 14. |
The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes - Debut
Caleb Carr, Carroll & Graf, $23.95, 0786715480
Classic Holmes with a supernatural twist from an American favorite. |
/1 |
| 15. |
Two-Dollar Bill
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 0399152512
A stylish thriller set in stylish New York. |
15/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 23. |
Gods in Alabama
Joshilyn Jackson, Warner, $19.95, 0446524190
Kym Havens of Hearts & Stars Bookshop in Canton, MA, says, "This is a
mystery, a family drama, and great Southern fiction all in one fantastic debut."
The #1 April Book Sense Pick. |
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