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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 29, 2005
from sales the week ending September 25, 2005
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The March - Debut
E. L. Doctorow, Random House, $25.95, 0375506713
Sherman marches through the South in a Book Sense Pick filled with unforgettable
characters. |
/1 |
| 2. |
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637
Howards End comes to the U.S. in talented Ms. Smith's third novel. |
1/2 |
| 3. |
Anansi Boys - Debut
Neil Gaiman, William Morrow, $26.95, 006051518X
A wondrous blend of mythology and contemporary life. An October Book Sense
Pick. |
/1 |
| 4. |
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. |
4/4 |
| 5. |
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316011770
A darkly wonderful #1 Book Sense Pick. |
3/14 |
| 6. |
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $21.95, 0375422994
The lively second installment of The Sunday Philosophy Club series.
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/1 |
| 7. |
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. |
5/24 |
| 8. |
The Painted Drum
Louise Erdrich, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060515104
Erdrich's newest novel returns to the much-loved Ojibwe reservation. A Book
Sense Pick. |
2/3 |
| 9. |
Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $25.95, 0679463356
The modern master spins politics and cultures in language that leaves the
reader dazzled, dizzy .... and enlightened. |
6/3 |
| 10. |
Goodnight Nobody - Debut
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26, 0743470117
First babies (Little Earthquakes), now a move to the suburbs. |
/1 |
| 11. |
Lipstick Jungle
Candace Bushnell, Hyperion, $24.95, 0786868198
Women, money, work, and yes, shoes. (And a little sex.) |
10/3 |
| 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! |
8/130 |
| 13. |
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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12/7 |
| 14. |
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 |
14/10 |
| 15. |
Polar Shift
Clive Cussler, with Paul Kemprecos, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152717
The NUMA team is back, ensuring earth stays on its axis. |
7/4 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 31. |
New and Selected Poems: Volume Two
Mary Oliver, Beacon, $24.95, 0807068861
Previous and new, poems come together in this Volume Two. |
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