{"id":49,"date":"2008-02-25T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T04:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=49"},"modified":"2008-02-26T00:29:46","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T07:29:46","slug":"49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/25\/49\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Fiction List March 2, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

March 2, 2008<\/p>\n

Hardcover Fiction <\/nyt_headline><\/h1>\n

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\nWeek<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nLast
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1<\/span><\/td>\nTHE APPEAL<\/a><\/span>, 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.<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\n7TH HEAVEN<\/span>, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women\u2019s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nDUMA KEY<\/a><\/span>, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and begins to create paintings with mysterious power.<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\nA THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS<\/a><\/span>, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/td>\nSTRANGER IN PARADISE<\/span>, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., must protect a hit man\u2019s intended victim.<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nWORLD WITHOUT END<\/span>, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett\u2019s \u201cPillars of the Earth.\u201d<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\nTHE KILLING GROUND<\/span>, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam, $25.95.) A spy helps a man whose family has terrorist ties.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/td>\nPEOPLE OF THE BOOK<\/a><\/span>, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A n expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript.<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\n* PLUM LUCKY<\/span>, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin\u2019s, $17.95.) Stephanie\u2019s grandmother finds a bag of cash and goes gambling in Atlantic City, pursued by the money\u2019s owner.<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/td>\nTHE SENATOR\u2019S WIFE<\/a><\/span>, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her husband\u2019s persistent infidelity.<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/td>\nTHE GHOST WAR<\/span>, by Alex Berenson. (Putnam, $24.95.) A C.I.A. agent in Afghanistan tries to learn who\u2019s behind the resurgent Taliban and finds a global power struggle.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/span><\/td>\nSIZZLE AND BURN<\/span>, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, $24.95.) A member of the Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, helps a woman with psychic powers.<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/span><\/td>\nCHARM!<\/span>, by Kendall Hart. (Hyperion, $21.95.) The trials of the sexy head of a cosmetics company; ostensibly a roman \u00e0 clef by a character on the soap opera \u201cAll My Children.\u201d<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/td>\nTHE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON<\/span>, by Lauren Groff. (Voice\/Hyperion, $24.95.) In search of her unknown father, a graduate student uncovers her town\u2019s historical secrets.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/span><\/td>\n* CELEBUTANTES<\/span>, by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. (St. Martin\u2019s, $23.95.) A director\u2019s daughter and her friends try to make it in Hollywood.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/span><\/td>\n* WHERE THE HEART LEADS<\/span>, 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.<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Also Selling<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/span><\/td>\nFIREFLY LANE<\/span>, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/span><\/td>\nSWORD SONG<\/span>, by Bernard Cornwell (Harper)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/span><\/td>\nSONG YET SUNG<\/span>, by James McBride (Riverhead)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/span><\/td>\nDOUBLE CROSS<\/span>, by James Patterson (Little, Brown)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/span><\/td>\nTHE SHOOTERS<\/span>, by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/span><\/td>\nBEVERLY HILLS DEAD<\/span>, by Stuart Woods (Putnam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/span><\/td>\nBLASPHEMY<\/span>, by Douglas Preston (Tom Doherty\/Forge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/span><\/td>\nDAKOTA<\/span>, by Martha Grimes (Viking)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/span><\/td>\nTHE SECRET BETWEEN US<\/span>, by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/span><\/td>\nL.A. OUTLAWS<\/span>, by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/span><\/td>\nBEAUTIFUL CHILDREN<\/a><\/span>, by Charles Bock (Random House)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/span><\/td>\nTHE CHOICE<\/span>, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/span><\/td>\nSUCCULENT: CHOCOLATE FLAVA II<\/span>, edited by Zane (Atria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/span><\/td>\nDEATH OF A GENTLE LADY<\/span>, by M. C. Beaton (Grand Central)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/span><\/td>\nSOMETHING ON THE SIDE<\/span>, by Carl Weber (Dafina)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/span><\/td>\nSIN NO MORE<\/span>, by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/span><\/td>\nT IS FOR TRESPASS<\/span>, by Sue Grafton (Putnam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/span><\/td>\nTHE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR<\/a><\/span>, by Dean Koontz (Bantam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/span><\/td>\nTHE PURRFECT MURDER<\/span>, by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown (Bantam)[ click to view the New York Times Bestseller List ]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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