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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 14, 2006
from sales the week ending December 10, 2006
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Nature Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
A warm and funny adventure from the inimitable Hiaasen. |
2/4 |
| 2. |
For One More Day
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
A mother's death, a time of regret. |
4/11 |
| 3. |
Next
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
The mysteries of genetic research. |
3/2 |
| 4. |
The Shape Shifter
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
Retired Navajo tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn is lured into a hunt for a
killer. |
1/3 |
| 5. |
Thirteen Moons
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
Portrait of 19th-century America, from the author of Cold Mountain.
An October Book Sense Pick. |
5/10 |
| 6. |
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle
Dog
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
A family dog, a Christmas pageant, and the 1960s make up this funny and
moving Christmas tale. |
8/2 |
| 7. |
Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
Alex Cross comes out of retirement to fans' delight. |
6/4 |
| 8. |
The Boleyn Inheritance - Debut
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
The drama of the women of Henry VIII's court. |
/1 |
| 9. |
Wild Fire
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
A thrill ride, indeed, as John Corey tries to save two U.S. cities from
homegrown terrorism. |
7/5 |
| 10. |
Hannibal Rising - Debut
Thomas Harris, Delacorte, $27.95, 0385339410
One of the most anticipated novels of 2006 has finally arrived. |
/1 |
| 11. |
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. |
14/28 |
| 12. |
The View From Castle Rock
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
Close-to-autobiographical short stories from the incomparable Munro. |
11/3 |
| 13. |
Ines of My Soul
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
Sweeping dramatic story of Chile's founding mother, Doña Inés
Suárez. |
12/5 |
| 14. |
Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
A savory adventure through time, the world, and heaps of prose. A Book Sense
Pick. |
9/3 |
| 15. |
Treasure of Khan
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691
Dirk Pitt's 19th aquatic adventure. |
10/2 |
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