February 09, 2001
Announcing the Top Ten March/April Book Sense 76
Well, you've done it again! Sent me great book choices, that is. I love each 76
more than the last; it only gets better, thanks to you.
Here's the top 10. The full 76 with booksellers' quotes will be printed in
the February 26 issue of BTW.
These ten books are going to be big for us; please check your stock/opening
orders.
Thank you for all the e-mails and faxes! Carl
1. MYSTIC RIVER
Dennis Lehane (Morrow, $25, 0688163165) Also on Harper Audio: Abridged (0694524913);
Unabridged (0694525057); CD (0694524646)
2. SEABISCUIT: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand (Random House, $24.95, 0375502912; in stores March 6) Also
on Random Audio (0375417141)
3. HEARSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
Tim Cockey (Hyperion, $23.95, 0786865717)
4. MY DREAM OF YOU
Nuala O'Faolain (Riverhead, $25.95, 1573221775) Also on S&S Audio (0743518454);
CD (0743518462)
5. MY FATHER'S DRAGON
Ruth Stiles Gannett; illus. by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (Random House, $4.99 paper,
0394890485) Also on Listening Library Audio (0807282758)
6. COOL FOR YOU
Eileen Myles (Soft Skull Press, $14 paper, 188712859X)
7. A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
Haven Kimmel (Doubleday, $21.95, 0385499825; in stores March 20)
8. THESE GRANITE ISLANDS
Sarah Stonich (Little Brown, $24.95, 0316815837)
9. IF THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHT: Poems from My Heart
Sahara Sunday Spain (HarperSanFrancisco, $17, 0062517406)
10. THE TIGER RISING
Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press, $12.99, 076306110)
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