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| 1 | THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL(Touchstone, $16)
(Pocket, $7.99). By Philippa Gregory. Sibling rivalry at the court of Henry VIII; a feature film.
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| 2 | I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE(Pocket, $7.99)
By Mary Higgins Clark. Suspicion and buried bodies mar a newlywed couple's bliss.
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| 3 | NINETEEN MINUTES(Washington Square, $15)
By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror in a rural high school, and its aftermath.
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| 4 | ATONEMENT(Anchor, $14.95; $7.99)
By Ian McEwan. The calamitous repercussions of a child's false accusation; now a feature film.
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| 5 | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95)
By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression.
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| 6 | THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Vision, $9.99)
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A pandemic waiting in the wingsAlan Sipress's superb and sobering "The Fatal Strain" details the shadowy progression of a virulent avian flu now moving across Asia.
Who do men say that I am?Though too cursory to work as an intro to the Gospels, Mary Gordon's "Reading Jesus" should appeal to anyone who wants to wrestle with the problems and paradoxes of the New Testament. © 2008 The Washington Post Company
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