Top Selling Book Titles
'The Fourth Hand'
is the first book
Lists provided by The Associated
Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the editors of InfoBeat.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - THE FOURTH HAND by John Irving (Random House) - While reporting a story from
India, a New York journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion.
2 - CANE RIVER by Lalita Tademy (Warner) - It is based on lives of four
generation of African-American women.
3 - LEAP OF FAITH by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 216 pages - Marie-Ange is sent
to America, when her parents die, to live with her great-aunt. Marie tries to
return to her homeland of France and reclaim her Chateau, with the help of Billy
Parker.
4 - SEVEN UP by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's) - A mystery starring New Jersey
bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
5 - P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton (Putnam) - Kinsey Millhone's latest venture
into the darker side of the human soul.
6 - THE JURY by Steve Martini (Putnam) - A lawyer-sleuth represents a medical
researcher who has been charged with the murder of a colleague.
7 - A TRAITOR TO MEMORY by Elizabeth George (Bantam) - A detective investigates
the hit-and-run killing of a woman on a London street.
8 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
9 - HOLLYWOOD WIVES by Jackie Collins (Simon and Schuster) - The loves, passions
and ruthless ambitions of women in Hollywood.
10 - RISE TO REBELLION by Jeff Shaara (Ballantine) - A story of the men who
helped to build America, ranging from the idealistic attorney John Adams to the
inventor and philosopher Ben Franklin.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster) - Biography of our
second president, one of the most distinguished revolutionaries.
2 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
3 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
4 - GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) - The story of a U.S. Army plan
to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in early 1945.
5 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
6 - STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi (Miramax) - Malika, her
brothers and sisters, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony
for fifteen years, before managing to dig a tunnel and escape.
7 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
8 - FOUNDING BROTHERS by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf) - A historian's study of the
intertwined lives of the United States' founders.
9 - JUSTICE: CRIMES, TRIALS, AND PUNISHMENTS by Dominick Dunne (Crown) - An
exploration of the world of jet-setters, country clubs and the law.
10 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) - A sportswriter tells of
his weekly visits to his old college mentor, who is nearing death.
'Seven Up' pops
to top spot
Lists provided by The Associated
Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the editors of InfoBeat.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - SEVEN UP by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's) - A mystery starring New Jersey
bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
2 - P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton (Putnam) - Kinsey Millhone's latest venture
into the darker side of the human soul.
3 - CANE RIVER by Lalita Tademy (Warner) - It is based on lives of four
generation of African-American women.
4 - LEAP OF FAITH by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 216 pages - Marie-Ange is sent
to America, when her parents die, to live with her great-aunt. Marie tries to
return to her homeland of France and reclaim her Chateau, with the help of Billy
Parker.
5 - A TRAITOR TO MEMORY by Elizabeth George (Bantam) - A detective investigates
the hit-and-run killing of a woman on a London street.
6 - THE JURY by Steve Martini (Putnam) - A lawyer-sleuth represents a medical
researcher who has been charged with the murder of a colleague.
7 - HOLLYWOOD WIVES by Jackie Collins (Simon and Schuster) - The loves, passions
and ruthless ambitions of women in Hollywood.
8 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
9 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to
pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old narrator.
10 - THE WIND DONE GONE - by Alice Randall (Houghton Mifflin) - Alice Randall
explores her own version of Margaret Mitchell's famous novel, "Gone With the
Wind."
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster) - Biography of our
second president, one of the most distinguished revolutionaries.
3 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
4 - STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi (Miramax) - Malika, her
brothers and sisters, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony
for fifteen years, before managing to dig a tunnel and escape.
5 - GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) - The story of a U.S. Army plan
to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in early 1945.
6 - JUSTICE: CRIMES, TRIALS, AND PUNISHMENTS by Dominick Dunne (Crown) - An
exploration of the world of jet-setters, country clubs and the law.
7 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
8 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
9 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
10 - A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House) - The
magazine columnist gives advice on how to get a life.
No danger for
'Peril' to lose top spot
Lists provided by The Associated
Press and Publishers Weekly.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton (Putnam) - Kinsey Millhone's latest venture
into the darker side of the human soul.
2 - LEAP OF FAITH by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 216 pages - Marie-Ange is sent
to America, when her parents die, to live with her great-aunt. Marie tries to
return to her homeland of France and reclaim her Chateau, with the help of Billy
Parker.
3 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to
pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old narrator.
4 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
5 - CHOSEN PREY by John Sandford (Putnam) 416 pages - An art history professor
has a hobby: He takes secret photographs of women and turns them into sexual
drawings. One day, he takes the hobby a step further.
6 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
7 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
8 - BITTERROOT by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster) 336 pages - Billy Bob
Holland, a Texas-based lawyer, has come to Big Sky, Montana to fish and soon he
is helping out an old friend who is in trouble.
9 - FINAL TARGET by Iris Johansen (Bantam) 384 pages - Dr. Jessica Riley, had
pulled her sister out of a severe catatonic trauma, and now she must attempt to
do the same for the daughter of the president of the United States.
10 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster) - Biography of our
second president, one of the most distinguished revolutionaries.
3 - GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) - The story of a U.S. Army plan
to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in early 1945.
4 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
5 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
6 - AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES by Tom Brokaw (Random House) 208 pages - An American
family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia and photographs, that
describes significant dates and events.
7 - A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House) - The magazine
columnist gives advice on how to get a life.
8 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
9 - WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK, TAKE IT! by Yogi Berra (Hyperion) 144 pages - A
collection of appealing, funny and surprisingly moving essays on life, happiness
and getting through the slumps.
10 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203
pages - A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
'P' is for most
popular book
Lists provided by The Associated
Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the editors of Freepress.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton (Putnam) - Kinsey Millhone's latest venture
into the darker side of the human soul.
2 - CHOSEN PREY by John Sandford (Putnam) 416 pages - An art history professor
has a hobby: He takes secret photographs of women and turns them into sexual
drawings. One day, he takes the hobby a step further.
3 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
4 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
5 - FINAL TARGET by Iris Johansen (Bantam) 384 pages - Dr. Jessica Riley, had
pulled her sister out of a severe catatonic trauma, and now she must attempt to
do the same for the daughter of the president of the United States.
6 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to
pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old narrator.
7 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
8 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
9 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
10 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and Tim, complete with fears and
hesitations.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster) - Biography of our
second president, one of the most distinguished revolutionaries.
3 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
4 - A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House) - The magazine
columnist gives advice on how to get a life.
5 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
6 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
7 - GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) - The story of a U.S. Army plan
to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in early 1945.
8 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
9 - WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK, TAKE IT! by Yogi Berra (Hyperion) 144 pages - A
collection of appealing, funny and surprisingly moving essays on life, happiness
and getting through the slumps.
10 - AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES by Tom Brokaw (Random House) 208 pages - An American
family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia and photographs, that
describes significant dates and events.
'Back
When' is at front of list
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
2 - CHOSEN PREY by John Sandford (Putnam) 416 pages - An art history professor
has a hobby: He takes secret photographs of women and turns them into sexual
drawings. One day, he takes the hobby a step further.
3 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
4 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
5 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
6 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and Tim, complete with fears and
hesitations.
7 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
8 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
9 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
10 - CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday) 256 pages - Written by the author of
"Fight Club" comes another story of the horrors of everyday living.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster) - Biography of our
second president, one of the most distinguished revolutionaries.
4 - A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House) - The Newsweek
magazine columnist gives advice on how to get a life.
5 - GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) - The story of a U.S. Army plan
to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in early 1945.
6 - STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi (Miramax) - Malika, her
brothers and sisters, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony
for fifteen years, before managing to dig a tunnel and escape.
7 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
8 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
9 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
10 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup
comic George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
'Top-Selling
Fiction Books
1 - CHOSEN PREY by John Sandford (Putnam) 416 pages - An art history professor
has a hobby: He takes secret photographs of women and turns them into sexual
drawings. One day, he takes the hobby a step further.
2 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
3 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
4 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and Tim, complete with fears and
hesitations.
5 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
6 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
7 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
8 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
9 - THE SUMMERHOUSE by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Books) 350 pages - Three women look
back over their lives and rethink their choices for love and life.
10 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - STOLEN LIVES by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi (Miramax) - Malika, her
brothers and sisters, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony
for fifteen years, before managing to dig a tunnel and escape.
5 - LIFE MAKEOVERS by Cheryl Richardson (Broadway) 209 pages - How to make your
life over, one week at a time, using the philosophy of "extreme
self-care."
6 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
7 - FOLEY IS GOOD: AND THE REAL WORLD IS FAKER THAN WRESTLING by Mick Foley
(Harper Collins) 368 pages - Readers are given a bird's-eye view of the
behind-the-scenes action of the World Wrestling Federation.
8 - AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES by Tom Brokaw (Random House) 208 pages - An American
family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, that
describes significant dates and events.
9 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
10 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances.
Where
You Live' stays at #1
Lists provided by The Associated
Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the editors of InfoBeat.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
2 - CHOSEN PREY by John Sandford (Putnam) 416 pages - An art history professor
has a hobby: he takes secret photographs of women and turns them into sexual
drawings. One day, he takes the hobby a step further.
3 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and Tim, complete with fears and
hesitations.
4 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
5 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
6 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
7 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
8 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
9 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
10 - LONE EAGLE by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press) 384 pages- Joe Allbright and
Kate Jamison have a love at first sight encounter, in 1940, which carries them
off on a passionate life mixed with joy and sorrow.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
4 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
5 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
6 - AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES by Tom Brokaw (Random House) 208 pages - An American
family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, that
describes significant dates and events.
7 - SUZANNE SOMERS' EAT, CHEAT AND MELT THE FAT AWAY by Suzanne Somers (Crown)
208 pages - Suzanne shows that losing weight and getting fit are easier now than
ever before.
8 - FOLEY IS GOOD: AND THE REAL WORLD IS FAKER THAN WRESTLING by Mick Foley
(Harper Collins) 368 pages - Readers are given a bird's-eye view of the
behind-the-scenes action of the World Wrestling Federation.
9 - AT ANY COST: HOW AL GORE TRIED TO STEAL THE ELECTION by Bill Sammon (Regnery)
294 pages - An account of what happened in Florida's controversial vote, and an
explaination how a defeated Gore desperately fought to turn things around.
10 - SECRETS OF THE VINE by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 128 pages - Explores
images from Bible verse John 15 in support of the message that asking for God's
blessings may result in suffering and difficult circumstances
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) -
A woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
2 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and Tim, complete with fears and
hesitations.
3 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
4 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
5 - COLD PARADISE by Stuart Woods (Putnam) 352 pages - Millionaire Thad Shames
needs the help of ex-cop - turned lawyer Stone Barrington, to find the woman of
his dreams after she disappears.
6 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
7 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
8 - BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler (Knopf) 256 pages - Rebecca is
caught un-aware by the question of who she really is, and seeks to recover her
girlhood self.
9 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
10 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas
in 1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion) 256 pages - Standup comic
George Carlin delivers another mix of meditations.
4 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
5 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
6 - SUZANNE SOMERS' EAT, CHEAT AND MELT THE FAT AWAY by Suzanne Somers (Crown)
208 pages - Suzanne shows that losing weight and getting fit are easier now than
ever before.
7 - BODY OF SECRETS by James Bamford (Doubleday) 721 pages - An examination of
the National Security Agency packed with startling secrets about its past,
present-day activities, and predictions about its future powers.
8 - IN HARM'S WAY by Doug Stanton (Henry Holt) - The story of the July 1945
sinking of the cruiser USS Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine, with the loss
of almost 900 sailors.
9 - FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf) -
A look at the lives of the founding fathers of the American republic.
10 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) - A sportswriter tells of
his weekly visits to his old college mentor, who is nearing death.
'Where
You Live' is where it's at
Lists provided by The Associated Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the
editors of InfoBeat.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and Schuster) - A
woman is haunted by two murders that are linked, although there are 110 years
that separate them.
2 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and the Father Tim, complete with
fears and hesitations.
3 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. 20-years later the men return to the cabin where an
old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
4 - LONE EAGLE by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press) 384 pages- Joe Allbright and
Kate Jamison have a love at first sight encounter, in 1940, which carries them
off on a passionate life mixed with joy and sorrow.
5 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
6 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P. D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
7 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
8 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
9 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
10 - SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton) 528 pages - Set in contemporary
Ireland over a period of one year, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather are cooking
school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business in
Dublin.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
5 - SUZANNE SOMERS' EAT, CHEAT AND MELT THE FAT AWAY by Suzanne Somers (Crown)
208 pages - Suzanne shows that losing weight and getting fit are easier now than
ever before.
6 - ABSOLUTE POWER by David Limbaugh (Regnery) 385 pages - A conservative review
of the Clinton/Reno Justice Department.
7 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) 464 pages - A
celebratory, spiritual approach to menopausal health and well-being.
8 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE by Phillip Mc Graw (Hyperion) - Helping people take
responsibility for their own actions and break free from self-destructive habits
and situations, for people who realize their relationship is in trouble, but who
don't want to give up on it.
9 - IN HARM'S WAY by Doug Stanton (Henry Holt) - The story of the July 1945
sinking of the cruiser USS Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine, with the loss
of almost 900 sailors.
10 - FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf)
- A look at the lives of the founding fathers of the American republic.
'The
Wedding Story' is uncommon winner
Lists provided by The Associated Press and Publishers Weekly. Synopses by the
editors of InfoBeat.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING STORY by Jan Karon (Viking) - 208 pages - A
portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and the Father Tim, complete with
fears and hesitations.
2 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. 20-years later the men return to the cabin where an
old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
3 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
4 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
5 - LONE EAGLE by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press) 384 pages- Joe Allbright and
Kate Jamison have a love at first sight encounter, in 1940, which carries them
off on a passionate life mixed with joy and sorrow.
6 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
7 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
8 - SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton) 528 pages - Set in contemporary
Ireland over a period of one year, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather are cooking
school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business in
Dublin.
9 - DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P. D. James (Knopf) 416 pages - Another tale in the
series of Commander Adam Dalgliesh.
10 - THE SKIES OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine) - A new danger threatens
the beautiful world of Pern, in the 13th book in a series of fantasy novels.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
2 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
5 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) 464 pages - A
celebratory, spiritual approach to menopausal health and well-being.
6 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) - A sportswriter tells of
his weekly visits to his old college mentor, who is nearing death.
7 - ABSOLUTE POWER by David Limbaugh (Regnery) 385 pages - A conservative review
of the Clinton/Reno Justice Department.
8 - IN HARM'S WAY by Doug Stanton (Henry Holt) - The story of the July 1945
sinking of the cruiser USS Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine, with the loss
of almost 900 sailors.
9 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE by Phillip Mc Graw (Hyperion) - Helping people take
responsibility for their own actions and break free from self-destructive habits
and situations, for people who realize their relationship is in trouble, but who
don't want to give up on it.
10 - AMERICAN TERRORIST by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck (ReganBooks) - Two
reporters examine the Oklahoma City bombing and the life of Timothy McVeigh.
1 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. 20-years later the men return to the cabin where an
old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
2 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
3 - THE VILLA by Nora Roberts (Putnam) 421 pages - Three generations of the
Giambelli family run a renowned vineyard. After a merger with another winery,
sabotage almost ruins the family.
4 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
5 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
6 - SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton) 528 pages - Set in contemporary
Ireland over a period of one year, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather are cooking
school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business in
Dublin.
7 - POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) 320 pages - Boston P.I. Spenser heads
to Potshot, Ariz., a town threatened by a local gang. The police seem powerless,
so Spenser is called in to put the group out of business and establish a police
force who can protect the town.
8 - A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan (Viking) 432 pages - The
complicated lives of Viola Price and her estranged husband, who live in Las
Vegas, and their four children.
9 - MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane (Harper Collins) - Three former friends, are
torn apart long ago by childhood trauma reunite when one of their daughter is
murdered.
10 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
2 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER by Tracy Hogg (Ballantine) 287 pages - A book
that focuses on newborns and their parents, with simple programs are a blend of
intelligent intuition and methods based on years of experience.
5 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) 464 pages - A
celebratory, spiritual approach to menopausal health and well-being.
6 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
7 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE by Phillip Mc Graw (Hyperion) - Helping people take
responsibility for their own actions and break free from self-destructive habits
and situations, for people who realize their relationship is in trouble, but who
don't want to give up on it.
8 - ICE BOUND by Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax Books) - The memoirs of a doctor
stranded on the South Pole after she discovered she had breast cancer.
9 - ABSOLUTE POWER by David Limbaugh (Regnery) 385 pages - A conservative review
of the Clinton/Reno Justice Department.
10 - THE O'REILLY FACTOR by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) - The host of a cable news
program offers opinions on what's right and wrong with America.
'Dreamcatcher'
remains king
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child, at a cabin. 20-years later the men return to the cabin where an
old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
2 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
3 - THE VILLA by Nora Roberts (Putnam) 421 pages - Three generations of the
Giambelli family run a renowned vineyard. After a merger with another winery,
sabotage almost ruins the family.
4 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
5 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
6 - SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton) 528 pages - Set in contemporary
Ireland over a period of one year, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather are cooking
school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business in
Dublin.
7 - POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) 320 pages - Boston P.I. Spenser heads
to Potshot, Ariz., a town threatened by a local gang. The police seem powerless,
so Spenser is called in to put the group out of business and establish a police
force who can protect the town.
8 - A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan (Viking) 432 pages - The
complicated lives of Viola Price and her estranged husband, who live in Las
Vegas, and their four children.
9 - MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane (Harper Collins) - Three former friends, are
torn apart long ago by childhood trauma reunite when one of their daughter is
murdered.
10 - THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown) 320 pages - Two
middle-aged lovers, both poets, run into each other at a writer's conference,
sharing a lifetime's worth of history between them and leading to a deep, dark
secret.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
2 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER by Tracy Hogg (Ballantine) 287 pages - A book
that focuses on newborns and their parents, with simple programs are a blend of
intelligent intuition and methods based on years of experience.
5 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) 464 pages - A
celebratory, spiritual approach to menopausal health and well-being.
6 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
7 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE by Phillip Mc Graw (Hyperion) - Helping people take
responsibility for their own actions and break free from self-destructive habits
and situations, for people who realize their relationship is in trouble, but who
don't want to give up on it.
8 - ICE BOUND by Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax Books) - The memoirs of a doctor
stranded on the South Pole after she discovered she had breast cancer.
9 - ABSOLUTE POWER by David Limbaugh (Regnery) 385 pages - A conservative review
of the Clinton/Reno Justice Department.
10 - THE O'REILLY FACTOR by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) - The host of a cable news
program offers opinions on what's right and wrong with America.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner) 816 pages - Four boyhood pals save a
disabled child at a cabin. Twenty-years later the men return to the cabin where
an old man visits. Before long, these men will be are forced into a horrifying
struggle with a creature from another world.
2 - FIRST TO DIE by James Patterson (Little Brown) 432 pages - Four San
Francisco women professionals, the Women's Murder Club, search for a serial
killer stalking and murdering newlyweds.
3 - THE VILLA by Nora Roberts (Putnam) 421 pages - Three generations of the
Giambelli family run a renowned vineyard. After a merger with another winery,
sabotage almost ruins the family.
4 - A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday) 388 pages - In rural Arkansas in
1952, a family has hired a crew of feuding migrant Mexicans and "hill
people" to pick cotton. A brutal murder ensues, witnessed by the 7-year-old
narrator.
5 - SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton) 528 pages - Set in contemporary
Ireland over a period of one year, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather are cooking
school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business in
Dublin.
6 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam) 353 pages - A tragic sequence
of events unfold in San Francisco, where a Chinese-American woman reads the
memoir her mother wrote.
7 - POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) 320 pages - Boston P.I. Spenser heads
to Potshot, Ariz., a town threatened by a local gang. The police seem powerless,
so Spenser is called in to put the group out of business and establish a police
force who can protect the town.
8 - MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane (Harper Collins) - Three former friends, are
torn apart long ago by childhood trauma reunite when one of their daughter is
murdered.
9 - A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan (Viking) 432 pages - The
complicated lives of Viola Price and her estranged husband, who live in Las
Vegas, and their four children.
10 - THE FIRST COUNSEL by Brad Meltzer (Warner) - A White House lawyer that
dates the president's daughter becomes tangled in a bizarre scheme of murder.
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 94 pages - Change can be a
blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. All can see it as a
blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their
lives.
2 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 96 pages - Experience
God's miraculous power and blessing by following the model of Jabez, one of the
Bible's most overlooked heroes.
3 - BODY FOR LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso (Harper Collins) 203 pages
- A 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips that has
helped so many others achieve astounding results, and pictures and testimonials
as evidence.
4 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam) 464 pages - A
celebratory, spiritual approach to menopausal health and well-being.
5 - SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER by Tracy Hogg (Ballantine) 287 pages - A book
that focuses on newborns and their parents, with simple programs are a blend of
intelligent intuition and methods based on years of experience.
6 - THE O'REILLY FACTOR by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) - The host of a cable news
program offers opinions on what's right and wrong with America.
7 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE by Phillip McGraw (Hyperion) - Helping people take
responsibility for their own actions and break free from self-destructive habits
and situations, for people who realize their relationship is in trouble, but who
don't want to give up on it.
8 - ICE BOUND by Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax Books) - The memoirs of a doctor
stranded on the South Pole after she discovered she had breast cancer.
9 - SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand - The biography of a
horse whose career ended in a 1938 match race with War Admiral.
10 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) - A sportswriter tells of
his weekly visits to a college mentor that is nearing death.
Lists provided by The Associated Press and Publishers Weekly.
Top-Selling Fiction Books
1 - FIRST TO DIE - James Patterson (Little Brown)
2 - A PAINTED HOUSE - John Grisham (Doubleday)
3 - SCARLET FEATHER - Maeve Binchy (Dutton)
4 - THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER - Amy Tan (Putnam)
5 - A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT - Terry McMillan (Viking)
6 - THE FIRST COUNSEL - Brad Meltzer (Warner)
7 - EDGE OF DANGER - Jack Higgins (Putnam)
8 - MYSTIC RIVER - Dennis Lehane (Harper Collins)
9 - THE VENDETTA DEFENSE - Lisa Scottoline (Harper Collins)
10 - A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT - Michael Connelly (Little Brown)
Top-Selling Non-Fiction Books
1 - WHO MOVED MY CHEESE - Spencer Johnson (Putnam)
2 - THE PRAYER OF JABEZ - Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah)
3 - THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE - Christiane Northrup (Bantam)
4 - BODY FOR LIFE - Bill Phillips (Harper Collins)
5 - SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER - Tracy Hogg (Ballantine)
6 - THE O'REILLY FACTOR - Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
7 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE - Mitch Albom (Doubleday)
8 - LIFE MAKEOVERS - Cheryl Richardson (Broadway)
9 - ICE BOUND - Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax Books)
10 - RELATIONSHIP RESCUE - Phillip McGraw (Hyperion)