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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 15, 2005
from sales the week ending December 11, 2005
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
S Is for Silence - Debut
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152970
"S" is really for successful! |
/1 |
| 2. |
The Lighthouse
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X
An Adam Dalgliesh mystery, but so much more, from the reigning master of
the genre. |
1/3 |
| 3. |
Amazing Peace - Debut
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400065585
Read by the poet at the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. |
/1 |
| 4. |
Light From Heaven
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 0670034533
The final volume in the Mitford Years series. |
2/5 |
| 5. |
Son of a Witch
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $26.95, 0060548932
The wicked witch is dead! The well-imagined sequel to the immensely popular
Wicked. A Book Sense Pick. |
8/11 |
| 6. |
The March
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $25.95, 0375506713
Sherman marches through the South in a Book Sense Pick filled with unforgettable
characters. |
7/12 |
| 7. |
Saving Fish From Drowning
Amy Tan, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012
Cultural misunderstandings abound in this Book Sense Notable title. |
6/8 |
| 8. |
Christ the Lord
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018
Rice's departure from the macabre to the holy. |
4/6 |
| 9. |
Mary, Mary
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.95, 031615976X
More Alex Cross fun for fans. |
3/4 |
| 10. |
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637
Howards End comes to the U.S. in talented Ms. Smith's third novel. |
14/12 |
| 11. |
The Sea
John Banville, Knopf, $23, 0307263118
A Man Booker Prize-winning novel about the present, the past and the sea.
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10/6 |
| 12. |
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Knopf, $20, 140004460X
Love, aging, whores, and the Nobel Laureate equal perfection in this novella.
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5/7 |
| 13. |
The Camel Club
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.95, 0446577383
A political thriller, for conspiracy theorists everywhere. |
11/7 |
| 14. |
Predator
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830
A new Kay Scarpetta mystery for Cornwell fans. |
15/7 |
| 15. |
The Constant Princess - Debut
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X
This time Catherine of Aragon gets the juicy historical fiction treatment.
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ON THE RISE |
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| 30. |
Forever Odd
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804162
Odd is still seeing dead people, and engaging live readers! |
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