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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 11, 2005
from sales the week ending August 7, 2005
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Until I Find You
John Irving, Random House, $27.95, 1400063833
A fatherless boy -- the Irving archetype -- on a search for his father. |
3/4 |
| 2. |
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24.95, 0375406778
The #1 August Book Sense Pick. "McCarthy has dropped a hurricane in our
laps. This utterly engaging novel blends thrilling action and suspense with
stunning philosophical insight and fully realized characters." -- Dave Chachere,
Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA |
1/3 |
| 3. |
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316011770
A darkly wonderful #1 Book Sense Pick. |
2/7 |
| 4. |
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, Riverdale, NY. A Book
Sense Pick. |
4/17 |
| 5. |
Lifeguard
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $26.95, 0316057851
Patterson, summer, beach, sand, murder, thrills. |
5/4 |
| 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! |
9/123 |
| 7. |
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $21.95, 1400060281
The #1 Book Sense Pick for July is "spectacularly mesmerizing" says bookseller
Melissa Mytinger of Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA. |
6/5 |
| 8. |
A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $24.95, 1573223026
Funny and moving tale of four people who meet while preparing to jump to
their deaths. |
7/8 |
| 9. |
Crusader's Cross
James Lee Burke, S&S, $25.95, 0743277198
A new, fast-paced Dave Robicheaux mystery. |
8/4 |
| 10. |
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 |
12/33 |
| 11. |
The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $23, 0385338686
A costly mistake, a change in employment, and new friendships pepper this
stand-alone title from the author of Shopaholic Sister. A great summer
read. |
10/3 |
| 12. |
Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312306261
Stephanie Plum goes through a career crisis in this fun beach read. |
11/6 |
| 13. |
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. |
/17 |
| 14. |
The Big Over Easy
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 0670034231
The witty Fforde puts a criminal spin on nursery rhymes. |
14/2 |
| 15. |
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. |
/86 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 28. |
Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
Jacqueline Winspear, Henry Holt, $23, 0805078975
Winspear's back with her third marvelous Maisie Dobbs novel. A September
2005 Book Sense Pick. |
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