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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for February 9, 2006
from sales the week ending February 5, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Cell
Stephen King, Scribner, $26.95, 0743292332
The King of suspense is back! Cell phones turn deadly. |
1/2 |
| 2. |
Arthur & George
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $24.95, 030726310X
Based on a Conan Doyle investigation of a crime in Victorian England. A
Book Sense Pick. |
2/4 |
| 3. |
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! |
3/138 |
| 4. |
The Lighthouse
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 030726291X
An Adam Dalgliesh mystery, but so much more, from the reigning master of
the genre. |
4/11 |
| 5. |
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
Lilian Jackson Braun, Putnam, $23.95, 0399153071
The latest mystery/murder adventure with Quill & the cats and #28 in
the series. |
13/4 |
| 6. |
The Good Life - Debut
Jay McInerney, Knopf, $25, 0375411402
A poignant look at post-9/11 New Yorkers, getting great reviews and press
for its post-wunderkind author. |
/1 |
| 7. |
S Is for Silence
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152970
"S" is really for successful! |
5/9 |
| 8. |
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $25.95, 1594200637
Howards End comes to the U.S. in talented Ms. Smith's third novel. |
11/20 |
| 9. |
The Hunt Club
John Lescroart, Dutton, $26.95, 0525949143
A new series from the author of the Dismas Hardy /Abe Glitsky mysteries.
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10/2 |
| 10. |
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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8/15 |
| 11. |
The Last Templar
Raymond Khoury, Dutton, $24.95, 0525949410
A Da Vinci Code-inspired thriller. |
12/2 |
| 12. |
The March
E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $25.95, 0375506713
Sherman marches through the South in a Book Sense Pick filled with unforgettable
characters. |
15/20 |
| 13. |
The Hostage
W.E.B. Griffin, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153144
A skilled former soldier and Homeland Security agent investigates a diplomat's
murder. |
7/5 |
| 14. |
Christ the Lord
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 0375412018
Rice's departure from the macabre to the holy. |
14/14 |
| 15. |
The Brooklyn Follies
Paul Auster, Holt, $24, 0805077146
"Funny, sad, and impossible to put down", says bookseller Steve Eddy of
the Book King in Rutland, Vermont, about this Book Sense Pick. |
9/4 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 33. |
The Space Between Us
Thrity Umrigar, Morrow, $24.95, 0060791551
The #1 Book Sense Pick for February. Rich and poor, caste and class, in
modern India. |
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