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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 15, 2005
from sales the week ending September 11, 2005
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316011770
A darkly wonderful #1 Book Sense Pick. |
1/12 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/22 |
| 3. |
The Widow of the South
Robert Hicks, Warner, $24.95, 0446500127
A new entry for fans of Civil War historical fiction. The #1 Book Sense
Pick for September. |
8/2 |
| 4. |
The Painted Drum - Debut
Louise Erdrich, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060515104
Erdrich's newest novel returns to the much-loved Ojibwe reservation. A Book
Sense Pick. |
/1 |
| 5. |
Polar Shift
Clive Cussler, with Paul Kemprecos, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152717
The NUMA team is back, ensuring earth stays on its axis. |
5/2 |
| 6. |
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." -- Dave Chachere, Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA |
3/8 |
| 7. |
Shalimar the Clown - Debut
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $25.95, 0679463356
The modern master spins politics and cultures in language that leaves the
reader dazzled, dizzy .... and enlightened. |
/1 |
| 8. |
Sweetwater Creek
Anne Rivers Siddons, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0066213355
A vibrant coming-of-age story, set in Siddons' luxuriant Southern landscape.
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7/5 |
| 9. |
Lipstick Jungle - Debut
Candace Bushnell, Hyperion, $24.95, 0786868198
Women, money, work, and yes, still shoes (and a little sex). |
/1 |
| 10. |
Until I Find You
John Irving, Random House, $27.95, 1400063833
A fatherless boy -- the Irving archetype -- on a search for his father.
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4/9 |
| 11. |
The Last Days of Dogtown
Anita Diamant, Scribner, $25, 0743225732
Massachusetts in the 1800s from the author of fabulous The Red Tent.
A Book Sense Pick. |
11/2 |
| 12. |
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209
A bestselling phenomenon and 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year winner. No
conspiracies here! |
6/128 |
| 13. |
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. |
9/10 |
| 14. |
Straken - Debut
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $26.95, 0345451120
The concluding volume in the High Druid of Shannara trilogy. |
/1 |
| 15. |
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 |
10/38 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 25. |
A Sudden Country
Karen Fisher, Random House, $24.95, 1400063221
A family takes to the Oregon Trail. Based on the notes of the author's ancestor.
A Book Sense Pick. |
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