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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 3, 2006
from sales the week ending July 30, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
Indies are buzzing about this rich, romantic story set in a long-ago traveling
circus. The #1 June Book Sense Pick. |
1/9 |
| 2. |
Pegasus Descending
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26, 0743277724
Summertime, a hard-boiled and flawed hero, and the steamy bayou, all add
up to James Lee Burke at his finest. A Book Sense Pick. |
2/2 |
| 3. |
The Messenger - Debut
Daniel Silva, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153357
Mystery and terror in the Middle East. A timely thriller. |
/1 |
| 4. |
Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Knopf, $25, 1400044731
Long-lost vignettes set in German-occupied Paris, by an author exterminated
in Auschwitz. A Book Sense Pick. |
5/15 |
| 5. |
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $25.95, 1400061261
More of the down-home charm and humor Flagg introduced in Fried Green
Tomatoes. |
8/4 |
| 6. |
The Ruins
Scott Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 1400043875
An eerily good long-awaited follow-up to creepy favorite A Simple Plan.
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6/2 |
| 7. |
Twelve Sharp
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $26.95, 0312349483
Fans are eating up the new Stephanie Plum mystery! |
4/5 |
| 8. |
Phantom
Terry Goodkind, Tor, $29.95, 0765305240
Number 10 in the Sword of Truth fantasy series. (Far too deep into the story
to try and summarize plot or characters!) |
3/2 |
| 9. |
Terrorist
John Updike, Knopf, $24.95, 0307264653
Updike plumbs the mind of a young terrorist born and bred in New Jersey.
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7/7 |
| 10. |
Digging to America
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 0307263940
A family drama of cross-cultural adjustment and acceptance. |
9/12 |
| 11. |
Angels Fall
Nora Roberts, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153721
Damsel in distress rescued in Wyoming, amid menace and suspense. |
11/3 |
| 12. |
The Whole World Over
Julia Glass, Pantheon, $25.95, 0375422749
A lovely, engaging follow-up to the National Book Award-winning debut and
Book Sense Pick, Three Junes. |
10/9 |
| 13. |
End in Tears - Debut
Ruth Rendell, Crown, $25, 0307339769
Prolific three-time Edgar winner Rendell masterfully entwines mystery and
human relationships. |
/1 |
| 14. |
Talk Talk
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $25.95, 0670037702
Clever entry from Boyle, whose heroine's identity is borrowed and misued.
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/2 |
| 15. |
The Devil and Miss Prym
Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060527994
A parable of good and evil, first published overseas in 1992, by the author
of the still-bestselling The Alchemist. |
/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 28. |
The Brambles
Eliza Minot, Knopf, $23.95, 1400042690
Birth and death, love and life, much accomplished. |
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