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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 21, 2006
from sales the week ending September 17, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Rise and Shine
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $24.95, 0375502246
Another insightful entry from Ms. Quindlen, which looks closely at post-9/11
New York, class, and family. |
1/3 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/16 |
| 3. |
The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
Stellar reviews abound for this post-9/11 comedy of manners. A Book Sense
Pick. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
After This - Debut
Alice McDermott, FSG, $24, 0374168091
A Book Sense Pick about a Long Island Catholic family in a changing America.
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/1 |
| 5. |
The Book of Fate
Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.99, 0446530999
An attempt on the life of the president and Oval Office corruption set the
stage for this Book Sense Notable thriller. |
6/2 |
| 6. |
The Afghan
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 0399153942
Forsyth bases his latest on real events connected with the July 2005 London
subway bombing. |
7/4 |
| 7. |
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. |
5/22 |
| 8. |
A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385520514
This comic follow-up to Haddon's mega-seller Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-Time is great fun. |
11/2 |
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl, Viking, $25.95, 067003777X
Taking the form of a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature course, this
debut sparkles with mordant wit and inventive storytelling. A Book Sense
Pick. |
4/6 |
| 10. |
All Aunt Hagar's Children
Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $25.95, 0060557567
Short stories reflecting varied African-American perspectives, from the
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World. |
9/3 |
| 11. |
The Thirteenth Tale - Debut
Diane Setterfield, Atria, $26, 0743298020
A really good ghost story! A Book Sense Pick, perfect for October displays.
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/1 |
| 12. |
Judge and Jury
James Patterson, Andrew Gross, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316013935
It wouldn't be summer without a new Patterson (and company) thrill ride!
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8/7 |
| 13. |
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $24.95, 1400044618
Short stories from the author of Kafka on the Shore. |
14/3 |
| 14. |
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. |
/10 |
| 15. |
Messenger of Truth
Jacqueline Winspear, Holt, $24, 0805078983
The fourth in the Maisie Dobbs mystery series of WWI London. A Book Sense
Pick for September 2006. |
12/4 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 21. |
On Agate Hill
Lee Smith, Algonquin, $24.95, 1565124529
Nicely drawn historical fiction, set in North Carolina after the Civil War.
A Book Sense Pick from the author of The Last Girls. |
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