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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for April 20, 2006
from sales the week ending April 16, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Suite Francaise - Debut
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
Long-lost masterful stories written on the eve of the German occupation
of Paris and before the author's extermination at Auschwitz. |
/1 |
| 2. |
A Dirty Job
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $24.95, 0060590270
Death gets the Moore treatment in this Book Sense Pick getting great reviews.
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2/4 |
| 3. |
Two Little Girls in Blue
Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 0743264908
A chilling story of kidnapping and murder, centered around young, telepathic
twin girls. |
1/2 |
| 4. |
In the Company of the Courtesan
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $23.95, 1400063817
Enchanting historical fiction, bringing Renaissance Italy alive. |
7/9 |
| 5. |
The Tenth Circle
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $26, 0743496701
A Maine family's story of anguish, betrayal, and their aftermath. A Book
Sense Pick for March 2006. |
4/6 |
| 6. |
Tomb of the Golden Bird
Elizabeth Peters, Morrow, $25.95, 0060591803
Eygptologist Amelia Peabody and family become embroiled in intrigue surrounding
the discovery of King Tut's tomb. |
5/3 |
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The Templar Legacy
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $24.95, 0345476158
Can't get enough Christianity/conspiracy tales? Here's a juicy one to hold
you over. |
8/8 |
| 8. |
Labyrinth
Kate Mosse, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153446
Present-day collides with 13th-century Carcassonne in a quest for the Holy
Grail. A March 2006 Book Sense Pick. |
3/6 |
| 9. |
Gone
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $26.95, 0345452615
Kellerman creation Alex Delaware solves another not very pretty Hollywood
murder mystery. |
6/3 |
| 10. |
Dark Tort - Debut
Diane Mott Davidson, Morrow, $24.95, 0060527315
Yummy, culinary mystery! |
/1 |
| 11. |
Dark Harbor - Debut
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 039915342X
Lawyer Stone Barrington goes to Maine to solve a family murder. |
/1 |
| 12. |
The Last Templar
Raymond Khoury, Dutton, $24.95, 0525949410
A Da Vinci Code-inspired thriller. |
11/12 |
| 13. |
We Are All Welcome Here
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $22.95, 140006161X
By the bestselling author of A Year of Pleasures. Disability and
family resilience, set in Tupelo. |
12/2 |
| 14. |
The Secret Supper
Javier Sierra, Atria, $25.95, 0743287649
That would be The Last Supper, with intrigue and atmosphere. An April Book
Sense Pick. |
9/3 |
| 15. |
Charmed Thirds - Debut
Megan McCafferty, Crown, $21, 1400080428
Cute, witty, observant now-college girl Jessica Darling, part three. |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 18. |
Black Swan Green
David Mitchell, Random House, $23.95, 1400063795
Two-time Booker Prize-finalist Mitchell takes a coming-of-age turn. |
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