from the New York Times

April 27, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

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1 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. 1
2 UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children. 1 2
3 CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. 1
4 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. 5 2
5 * SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago. 2 2
6 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. 4 11
7 COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates. 3 3
8 CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles. 6 6
9 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. 1
10 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. 8 47
11 * REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $25.) After an auto accident, a London woman loses her memory. 7 7
12 ZAPPED, by Carol Higgins Clark. (Scribner, $24.) The adventures of several New Yorkers, including the P.I. Regan Reilly, on the night of the 2003 blackout. 1
13 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. 9 10
14 DEAD HEAT, by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential election. 13 4
15 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. 3
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. 10 2
Also Selling
17 A PRISONER OF BIRTH, by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s)
18 WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (Dutton)
19 GUILTY, by Karen Robards (Putnam)
20 HOLLYWOOD CROWS, by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown)
21 LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
22 PLEASURE, by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
23 THE THIRD ANGEL, by Alice Hoffman (Shaye Areheart)
24 SEPULCHRE, by Kate Mosse (Putnam)
25 THE DARK TIDE, by Andrew Gross (Morrow)
26 TEN-YEAR NAP, by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead)
27 LOST SOULS, by Lisa Jackson (Kensington)
28 HONOR THYSELF, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)
29 WRATH OF A MAD GOD, by Raymond E. Feist (Eos/HarperCollins)
30 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
31 DUMA KEY, by Stephen King (Scribner)
32 THE WINDING WAYS QUILT, by Jennifer Chiaverini (Simon & Schuster)
33 BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS, by Anne Perry (Ballantine)
34 BLACK WIDOW, by Randy Wayne White (Putnam)
35 CHRIST THE LORD: THE ROAD TO CANA, by Anne Rice (Knopf)

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