from the NY Times

May 18, 2008

Hardcover Fiction

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1 SUNDAY AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love. 1
2 THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor. 1 2
3 TWENTY WISHES, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $24.95.) A widow who owns a bookstore on Blossom Street compiles a list of things she always wanted to do. 1
4 HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a New Jersey high school kid’s suicide. 2 3
5 UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children. 4 5
6 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. 5 4
7 * 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. 8 6
8 THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. 3 3
9 CHILD 44, by Tom Rob Smith. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A serial killer in Stalinist Russia can’t be caught because he doesn’t officially exist. 1
10 CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. 6 4
11 DAYS OF INFAMY, by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, $27.95.) An “alternative history” of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. 1
12 QUICKSAND, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier. 7 2
13 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. 9 14
14 SANTA FE DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife. 10 2
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. 5
16 A PLAGUE OF DOVES, by Louise Erdrich. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.95.) A lynching in a North Dakota town has repercussions over several generations. 1
Also Selling
17 A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
18 THE THIRD CIRCLE, by Amanda Quick (Putnam)
19 CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult (Atria)
20 BELONG TO ME, by Marisa de los Santos (Morrow)
21 COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
22 BULLS ISLAND, by Dorothea Benton Frank (Morrow)
23 WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett (Dutton)
24 SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher (Roc)
25 SO BRAVE, YOUNG AND HANDSOME, by Leif Enger (Atlantic)
26 WINTER STUDY, by Nevada Barr (Putnam)
27 THE DAY I ATE WHATEVER WANTED, by Elizabeth Berg (Random House)
28 THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW, by Joanne Harris (Morrow)
29 ZAPPED, by Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner)
30 REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial)
31 7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
32 A PRISONER OF BIRTH, by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s)
33 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
34 LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
35 THE THIRD ANGEL, by Alice Hoffman (Shaye Areheart)  

 

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