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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 | 3 |
| 2 | 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 | 2 |
| 3 | 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 | 4 |
| 4 | 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. | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | 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. | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 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.” | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | THE KILLING GROUND, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam, $25.95.) A spy helps a man whose family has terrorist ties. | 1 | |
| 8 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A n expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript. | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | * 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. | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | THE SENATOR’S WIFE, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her husband’s persistent infidelity. | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 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. | 1 | |
| 12 | 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. | 10 | 3 |
| 13 | CHARM!, by Kendall Hart. (Hyperion, $21.95.) The trials of the sexy head of a cosmetics company; ostensibly a roman à clef by a character on the soap opera “All My Children.” | 15 | 2 |
| 14 | THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON, by Lauren Groff. (Voice/Hyperion, $24.95.) In search of her unknown father, a graduate student uncovers her town’s historical secrets. | 1 | |
| 15 | * CELEBUTANTES, by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. (St. Martin’s, $23.95.) A director’s daughter and her friends try to make it in Hollywood. | 1 | |
| 16 | * WHERE THE HEART LEADS, by Stephanie Laurens. (Morrow, $24.95.) With the help of a well-born amateur detective, a society woman in Regency London investigates the disappearance of several orphans in the 15th Cynster novel. | 11 | 2 |
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| 17 | FIREFLY LANE, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) | ||
| 18 | SWORD SONG, by Bernard Cornwell (Harper) | ||
| 19 | SONG YET SUNG, by James McBride (Riverhead) | ||
| 20 | DOUBLE CROSS, by James Patterson (Little, Brown) | ||
| 21 | THE SHOOTERS, by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam) | ||
| 22 | BEVERLY HILLS DEAD, by Stuart Woods (Putnam) | ||
| 23 | BLASPHEMY, by Douglas Preston (Tom Doherty/Forge) | ||
| 24 | DAKOTA, by Martha Grimes (Viking) | ||
| 25 | THE SECRET BETWEEN US, by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday) | ||
| 26 | L.A. OUTLAWS, by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton) | ||
| 27 | BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, by Charles Bock (Random House) | ||
| 28 | THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) | ||
| 29 | SUCCULENT: CHOCOLATE FLAVA II, edited by Zane (Atria) | ||
| 30 | DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY, by M. C. Beaton (Grand Central) | ||
| 31 | SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, by Carl Weber (Dafina) | ||
| 32 | SIN NO MORE, by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow) | ||
| 33 | T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton (Putnam) | ||
| 34 | THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz (Bantam) | ||
| 35 | THE PURRFECT MURDER, by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown (Bantam)[ click to view the New York Times Bestseller List ] | ||