{"id":76,"date":"2008-03-02T08:13:58","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T15:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-03-02T08:13:58","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T15:13:58","slug":"nyt-bestseller-list-march-9-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/02\/nyt-bestseller-list-march-9-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Bestseller List &#8211; March 9, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/09\/books\/bestseller\/0309besthardfiction.html?_r=1&amp;8bu&amp;emc=bu&amp;oref=slogin\" title=\"click to view list on NYTimes.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/misc\/nytlogo153x23.gif\" alt=\"click to view list on NYTimes.com\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"23\" hspace=\"75\" width=\"153\" \/><\/a><nyt_headline version=\"1.0\" type=\" \"> Hardcover Fiction <\/nyt_headline><\/h1>\n<p><nyt_byline version=\"1.0\" type=\" \"> <\/nyt_byline><\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\">Published: March 9, 2008<\/p>\n<p><nyt_text>   \t <\/nyt_text><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksense.com\/bestsellers\/nytimes\/hrdfic.html?affiliateID=NYT\"><\/a><!--END HEADER--><\/p>\n<table id=\"bestSellers\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"28\"><font size=\"-1\">This<br \/>\nWeek<\/font><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"300\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><font size=\"-1\">Last<br \/>\nWeek<\/font><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><font size=\"-1\">Weeks<br \/>\nOn List<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/28\/books\/28maslin.html\" target=\"_blank\">THE 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">STRANGERS IN DEATH<\/span>, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $25.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a businessman\u2019s scandalous death; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">7TH 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">LADY KILLER<\/span>, 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.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/21\/books\/21maslin.html\" target=\"_blank\">DUMA 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/29\/books\/29kaku.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">WORLD 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">6<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">THE KILLING GROUND<\/span>, by Jack Higgins. (Putnam, $25.95.) A spy helps a man whose family has terrorist ties.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">STRANGER 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">THE FIRST PATIENT<\/span>, by Michael Palmer. (St. Martin\u2019s, $25.95.) When he becomes doctor to his old friend the president, a country physician discovers a conspiracy to kill him.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/20\/books\/review\/Fugard-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE OF THE BOOK<\/a><\/span>, by Geraldine Brooks. (Viking, $25.95.) A n expert unlocks the secrets of a rare manuscript.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/13\/books\/review\/Warner-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">THE SENATOR\u2019S WIFE<\/a><\/span>, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.95.) A woman lives with her husband\u2019s persistent infidelity.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE<\/span>, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Holt, $24.) The psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs investigates vandalism and arson in a village in Kent in 1931.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">THE 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 align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">11<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">* SIZZLE 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>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"BestSellers-heading\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Also Selling<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">CHARM!<\/span>, by Kendall Hart (Hyperion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/18\/books\/18masl.html\" target=\"_blank\">THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON<\/a><\/span>, by Lauren Groff (Voice\/Hyperion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">19<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">VICTORY CONDITIONS<\/span>, by Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">FIREFLY LANE<\/span>, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin&#8217;s)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">SONG YET SUNG<\/span>, by James McBride (Riverhead)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">22<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">WHERE THE HEART LEADS<\/span>, by Stephanie Laurens (Morrow)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">CELEBUTANTES<\/span>, by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper (St. Martin&#8217;s)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">THE SHOOTERS<\/span>, by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">25<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">SWORD SONG<\/span>, by Bernard Cornwell (Harper)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">26<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">BLASPHEMY<\/span>, by Douglas Preston (Tom Doherty\/Forge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">27<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">THE SECRET BETWEEN US<\/span>, by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">28<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">L.A. OUTLAWS<\/span>, by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">29<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">SUCCULENT: CHOCOLATE FLAVA II<\/span>, edited by Zane (Atria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">BETRAYAL<\/span>, by John Lescroart (Dutton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">31<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">DAKOTA<\/span>, by Martha Grimes (Viking)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">32<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">DOUBLE CROSS<\/span>, by James Patterson (Little, Brown)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">33<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/03\/books\/review\/Schillinger2-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN<\/a><\/span>, by Charles Bock (Random House)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">34<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">SOMETHING ON THE SIDE<\/span>, by Carl Weber (Dafina)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\"><span class=\"bold\">35<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><span class=\"bold\">SIN NO MORE<\/span>, by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcover Fiction Published: March 9, 2008 This Week &nbsp; Last Week Weeks On List 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. 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