This Week's Best Selling FictionHardcover Fiction1 HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid's suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb. More about this book 2 WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared. More about this book 3 THE MIRACLE OF SLEEPY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. More about this book 4 UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children. More about this book 5 CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. More about this book 6 THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste. More about this book 7 COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates. More about this book 9 SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago. More about this book 8 BELONG TO ME, by Marisa de los Santos. (Morrow, $24.95.) When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets. More about this book 9 SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago. More about this book 10 CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles. More about this book 11 * BULLS ISLAND, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow, $24.95.) An investment banker returns to the South Carolina island home she had left 20 years before. More about this book 12 A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war. More about this book 13 REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $25.) After an auto accident, a London woman loses her memory. More about this book 14 THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Díaz. (Riverhead, $24.95.) A Dominican-American in New Jersey struggles to escape a family curse. More about this book 15 THE THIRD ANGEL, by Alice Hoffman. (Shaye Areheart, $25.) Interwoven stories of three women who face crossroads in their lives. More about this book 16 * WINTER STUDY, by Nevada Barr. (Putnam, $24.95.) The national park ranger Anna Pigeon returns to an island park in Lake Superior, where a monstrous wolf is at large. More about this book 17 WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (Dutton) More about this book 18 7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) More about this book 19 DEAD HEAT, by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale) More about this book 20 ZAPPED, by Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner) More about this book 21 A PRISONER OF BIRTH, by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's) More about this book 22 GUILTY, by Karen Robards (Putnam) More about this book 23 LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) More about this book 24 HOLLYWOOD CROWS, by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown) More about this book 25 THE DAY I ATE WHATEVER WANTED, by Elizabeth Berg (Random House) More about this book 26 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) More about this book 27 GIRLS IN TRUCKS, by Katie Crouch (Little, Brown) More about this book 28 WRATH OF A MAD GOD, by Raymond E. Feist (Eos/HarperCollins) More about this book 29 PLEASURE, by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton) More about this book 30 HONOR THYSELF, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) More about this book 31 LOST SOULS, by Lisa Jackson (Kensington) More about this book 32 THE WINDING WAYS QUILT, by Jennifer Chiaverini (Simon & Schuster) More about this book 33 TEN-YEAR NAP, by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead) More about this book 34 SEPULCHRE, by Kate Mosse (Putnam) More about this book 35 THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW, by Joanne Harris (Morrow) More about this book PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION1 THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards. (Penguin, $14.) A doctor's decision to secretly send his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to an institution haunts everyone involved. More about this book 2 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin, $13.95.) A young man - and an elephant - save a Depression-era circus. More about this book 3 NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square, $15.) The aftermath of a high-school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town. More about this book 4 THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $15.95 and $14.) An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared. More about this book 5 THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs. (Berkley, $14.) A group of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop. More about this book 6 THE QUICKIE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Grand Central, $14.99.) A police officer's attempt to get back at her husband goes dangerously awry. More about this book 7 THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Anchor, $12.95.) The eighth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. More about this book 8 THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett. (New American Library, $24.95 and $20.) Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a 12th-century cathedral. More about this book 9 FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $12.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. More about this book 10 LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan. (Ballantine, $14.) A story of the romance between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney, and the scandal that followed when they left behind spouses and children. More about this book 11 THE GATHERING, by Anne Enright. (Black Cat/Grove, $14.) A middle-aged woman struggles to come to terms with the suicide of her brother; the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize. More about this book 12 * THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone, $16.) A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn. More about this book 13 MY SISTER'S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. (Washington Square, $14.) A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling. More about this book 14 ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Anchor, $14.95.) A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family's idyllic life. More about this book 15 LOVE WALKED IN, by Marisa de los Santos. (Plume, $14.) A woman discovers her maternal side when she meets a charming man with an 11-year-old daughter. More about this book 16 SHOE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS, by Beth Harbison. (St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95.) Four women living near Washington, D.C., bond over an affection for footwear. More about this book 17 THOSE WHO SAVE US, by Jenna Blum. (Harvest, $14.) A professor of German history investigates what really went on in her mother's life in Germany during World War II. More about this book 18 * NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, by Cormac McCarthy. (Vintage, $14.) Mayhem ensues in this reissued novel after a West Texas man stumbles upon $2 million in drug money - and decides to keep it. More about this book 19 THE ROAD, by Cormac McCarthy. (Vintage, $14.95.) A father and son travel in post-apocalypse America. More about this book 20 PEONY IN LOVE, by Lisa See. (Random House, $14.) Love, death and ghosts in 17th-century China. More about this book 21 THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER, by Joyce Carol Oates (Harper Perennial) More about this book 22 GOOD IN BED, by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press) More about this book 23 THE YEAR OF FOG, by Michelle Richmond (Bantam Discovery) More about this book 24 AN IRISH COUNTRY DOCTOR, by Patrick Taylor (Forge) More about this book 25 BODY SURFING, by Anita Shreve (Back Bay) More about this book 26 THE 6TH TARGET, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central) More about this book 27 BUDDHA, by Deepak Chopra (HarperOne/HarperCollins) More about this book 28 BOLEYN INHERITANCE, by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone) More about this book 29 THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne) More about this book 30 WHAT IS THE WHAT, by Dave Eggers (Vintage) More about this book 31 SOMEDAY, by Karen Kingsbury (Tyndale) More about this book 32 FALLING FOR RACHEL & CONVINCING ALEX, by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) More about this book 33 THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO, by Paulo Coelho (Harper Perennial) More about this book 34 THEN WE CAME TO THE END, by Joshua Ferris (Back Bay) More about this book 35 THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, by Stef Penney (Simon & Schuster) More about this book Paperback Mass-Market Fiction1 SIMPLE GENIUS, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $9.99.) Two former Secret Service agents investigate a scientist's murder while one battles her own demons. More about this book 2 THE WOODS, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) A prosecutor must confront family secrets when new evidence surfaces about a 20-year-old murder. More about this book 3 BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE, by Lee Child. (Dell, $7.99.) Jack Reacher must discover who is hunting members of a team of former military investigators. 4 More about this book 4 CREATION IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lt. Eve Dallas pursues the Groom, a killer who disappeared nine years earlier but has now returned; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. More about this book 5 BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99.) More stories of life and love from a Seattle knitting class. 3 More about this book 6 * HOKUS POKUS, by Fern Michaels. (Kensington, $6.99.) The Sisterhood, in exile in Barcelona, are called back to help the chief justice of the Supreme Court. 4 More about this book 7 THE UNQUIET, by John Connolly. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A woman being stalked by an ex-con who thinks she can help him find his missing daughter seeks protection from the Maine P.I. Charlie Parker. More about this book 8 THE RIVER KNOWS, by Amanda Quick. (Jove, $7.99.) A reporter and a wealthy Londoner in Victorian England feign romance while investigating a murder suspect. More about this book 9 I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $7.99.) A woman marries a childhood acquaintance suspected of several murders. 8 More about this book 10 A LADY'S SECRET, by Jo Beverley. (Signet, $7.99.) A handsome earl accompanies a woman traveling in nun's garb as she seeks out her father, an English lord unaware of her existence. More about this book 11 THE NAME OF THE WIND, by Patrick Rothfuss. (DAW, $7.99.) A notorious magician disguised as an innkeeper tells the story of his life, from orphan to legend. 2 More about this book 12 * THE RUINS, by Scott Smith. (Vintage, $7.99.) Two young American couples on vacation in the Yucatán confront a horrible menace. 3 More about this book 13 OBSESSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates an apparent deathbed confession of murder. 8 More about this book 14 THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory. (Pocket Books, $7.99.) A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn. 7 More about this book 15 THE ATLANTIS PROPHECY, by Thomas Greanias. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) An archaeologist and a Vatican linguist race to head off a threat to America, the key to which is hidden in the design of Washington, D.C. 1 More about this book 16 EMBRACE THE NIGHT, by Karen Chance. (Roc, $7.99.) Cassie Palmer, the world's chief clairvoyant, goes in search of an ancient, dangerous book. 3 More about this book 17 TO WED A WICKED PRINCE, by Jane Feather. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) In 18th-century London, a woman marries a prince, then grows suspicious of his motives as secrets begin to come to light. 3 More about this book 18 THE ALIBI MAN, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $7.99.) A disgraced former policewoman investigates a murder linked to a group of wealthy Palm Beach men. 8 More about this book 19 THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Avon, $7.99.) A Manhattan socialite whose husband has left her seeks a change of scenery. 1 More about this book 20 THE SEDUCTION OF AN UNKNOWN LADY, by Samantha James. (Avon, $6.99.) Passion brews between an English lord and a woman with a dangerous secret. 2 More about this book 21 THE ECHELON VENDETTA, by David Stone (Jove) More about this book 22 HIGH PROFILE, by Robert B. Parker (Berkley) More about this book 23 THE 5TH HORSEMAN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision) More about this book 24 DEVIL MAY CRY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's) More about this book 25 THE DUKE NEXT DOOR, by Celeste Bradley (St. Martin's) More about this book 26 SACRED STONE, by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo (Berkley) More about this book 27 TOM CLANCY'S ENDWAR, by David Michaels (Berkley) More about this book 28 ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan (Anchor) More about this book 29 TO SEDUCE A BRIDE, by Nicole Jordan (Ballantine) More about this book 30 DEEP STORM, by Lincoln Child (Anchor) More about this book 31 A DANGEROUS LOVE, by Brenda Joyce (HQN) More about this book 32 THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett (Signet) More about this book 33 THE HEALER, by Sharon Sala (Mira) More about this book 35 MIDNIGHT RISING, by Lara Adrian (Dell) More about this book Science Fiction Best Seller List1. Semper Mars More about this book 2. Europa Strike More about this book 3. Wrath of a Mad God More about this book 4. Luna Marine More about this book 5. A Dragon’s Tail More about this book 6. Methuselah's Virus More about this book 7. Lost Fleet More about this book 8. Boba Fett: A Practical Man More about this book 9. 1984 More about this book 10. Time's Eye More about this book 11. Victory Conditions More about this book 12. Stardust More about this book 13. Star Strike More about this book 14. Brave New World More about this book 15. Steel Of Enadia More about this book Best Selling Children's Books1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney. More about this book 2 Twilight. Stephenie Meyer More about this book 3 New Moon. Stephenie Meyer More about this book 4 Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney More about this book 5 Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer More about this book 6 The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick More about this book 7 Chosen. PC Cast and Kristin Cast More about this book 8 Just Listen. Sarah Dessen More about this book 9 The Big Field. Mike Lupica More about this book 10 Marked. PC Cast and Kristin Cast More about this book 11 The Book Thief. Markus Zusak More about this book 12 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schlitz More about this book 13 The Mysterious Benedict Society. Trenton Lee Stewart More about this book 14 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Alexie, Sherman More about this book 15 The Nixie's Song. Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi More about this book Copyright (c) 1995-2008 All rights reserved. |