Hardcover Fiction
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| 1 | THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste. | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | STRANGERS IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $25.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a businessman’s scandalous death; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. | 1 | |
| 3 | 7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager. | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | LADY KILLER, by Lisa Scottoline. (Harper, $25.95.) When her high-school rival disappears, possibly as a result of foul play, a Philadelphia lawyer must confront her past. | 1 | |
| 5 | DUMA KEY, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power. | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 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. | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth.” | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | THE KILLING GROUND, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam, $25.95.) A spy helps a man whose family has terrorist ties. | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | STRANGER IN PARADISE, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must protect a hit man’s intended victim. | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | THE FIRST PATIENT, by Michael Palmer. (St. Martin’s, $25.95.) When he becomes doctor to his old friend the president, a country physician discovers a conspiracy to kill him. | 1 | |
| 11 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A n expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript. | 8 | 8 |
| 12 | PLUM LUCKY, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $17.95.) Stephanie’s grandmother finds a bag of cash and goes gambling in Atlantic City, pursued by the money’s owner. | 9 | 7 |
| 13 | THE SENATOR’S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her husband’s persistent infidelity. | 10 | 7 |
| 14 | AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Holt, $24.) The psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs investigates vandalism and arson in a village in Kent in 1931. | 1 | |
| 15 | THE GHOST WAR, by Alex Berenson. (Putnam, $24.95.) A C.I.A. agent in Afghanistan tries to learn who’s behind the resurgent Taliban and finds a global power struggle. | 11 | 2 |
| 16 | * SIZZLE AND BURN, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, $24.95.) A member of the Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, helps a woman with psychic powers. | 12 | 4 |
| Also Selling | |||
| 17 | CHARM!, by Kendall Hart (Hyperion) | ||
| 18 | THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON, by Lauren Groff (Voice/Hyperion) | ||
| 19 | VICTORY CONDITIONS, by Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey) | ||
| 20 | FIREFLY LANE, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) | ||
| 21 | SONG YET SUNG, by James McBride (Riverhead) | ||
| 22 | WHERE THE HEART LEADS, by Stephanie Laurens (Morrow) | ||
| 23 | CELEBUTANTES, by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper (St. Martin’s) | ||
| 24 | THE SHOOTERS, by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam) | ||
| 25 | SWORD SONG, by Bernard Cornwell (Harper) | ||
| 26 | BLASPHEMY, by Douglas Preston (Tom Doherty/Forge) | ||
| 27 | THE SECRET BETWEEN US, by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday) | ||
| 28 | L.A. OUTLAWS, by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton) | ||
| 29 | SUCCULENT: CHOCOLATE FLAVA II, edited by Zane (Atria) | ||
| 30 | BETRAYAL, by John Lescroart (Dutton) | ||
| 31 | DAKOTA, by Martha Grimes (Viking) | ||
| 32 | DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson (Little, Brown) | ||
| 33 | BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, by Charles Bock (Random House) | ||
| 34 | SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, by Carl Weber (Dafina) | ||
| 35 | SIN NO MORE, by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow) | ||