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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for January 5, 2006
from sales the week ending January 1, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Lighthouse
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X
An Adam Dalgliesh mystery, but so much more, from the reigning master of
the genre. |
1/6 |
| 2. |
Amazing Peace
Maya Angelou, Random House, $9.95, 1400065585
Read by the poet at the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. |
2/4 |
| 3. |
S Is for Silence
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152970
"S" is really for successful! |
3/4 |
| 4. |
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637
Howards End comes to the U.S. in talented Ms. Smith's third novel. |
9/15 |
| 5. |
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! |
7/133 |
| 6. |
Christ the Lord
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018
Rice's departure from the macabre to the holy. |
5/9 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/14 |
| 8. |
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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13/10 |
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The March
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $25.95, 0375506713
Sherman marches through the South in a Book Sense Pick filled with unforgettable
characters. |
4/15 |
| 10. |
The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $24.95, 074327248X
This time Catherine of Aragon gets the juicy historical fiction treatment.
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/2 |
| 11. |
Saving Fish From Drowning
Amy Tan, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153012
Cultural misunderstandings abound in this Book Sense Notable title. |
8/11 |
| 12. |
Mary, Mary
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.95, 031615976X
More Alex Cross fun for fans. |
10/7 |
| 13. |
Predator
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152830
A new Kay Scarpetta mystery for Cornwell fans. |
/8 |
| 14. |
Light From Heaven
Jan Karon, Viking, $26.95, 0670034533
The final volume in the Mitford Years series. |
11/8 |
| 15. |
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316011770
A darkly wonderful #1 Book Sense Pick. |
/18 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 18. |
Turning Angel
Greg Iles, Scribner, $25.95, 0743234715
A taut psychological/legal thriller set in lush Mississippi. |
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