Sunday, March 30, 2008
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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)
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer.
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| 7 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14)
By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.
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| 8 | OBSESSION(Ballantine, $9.99)
By Jonathan Kellerman. A former patient of Alex Delaware hears a startling deathbed confession.
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| 9 | THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH(NAL, $24.95)
By Ken Follett. Political realities aid and hinder a cathedral's construction in 12th-century England.
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| 10 | THE ALIBI MAN(Bantam, $7.99). By Tami Hoag
P.I. Elena Estes squares off against Palm Beach's beau monde (including her ex-fiance) over murder.
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| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR
EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert
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| 2 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON
RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama
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| 3 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION
TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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| 4 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE
AND INHERITANCE(Three Rivers, $14.95) By Barack Obama. The senator's 1995 memoir.
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| 5 | JOHN ADAMS(Simon & Schuster, $20)
By David McCullough. The movie tie-in edition (HBO Films) of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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| 6 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE
WORLD'S WORST DOG(Harper, $13.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.
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| 7 | THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE
IN A SMALL TOWN(Delta, $16; Dell, $7.99) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.
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| 8 | INTO THE WILD(Anchor, $13.95)
By Jon Krakauer. A true story (and recent film) of a young man's fatal battle with nature.
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| 9 | 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN: A TRUE STORY OF DEATH
AND LIFE(Revell, $12.99). By Don Piper. A Baptist minister declared dead returns to life.
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| 10 | THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY
OF FOUR MEALS(Penguin, $16) By Michael Pollan. Surprising origins of foodstuffs.
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| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | CHANGE OF HEART(Atria, $26.95)
By Jodi Picoult. A death-row inmate offers to be an organ donor for the sister of a little girl he killed.
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| 2 | THE APPEAL(Doubleday, $27.95)
By John Grisham. A startling, costly verdict. A company disgraced. A CEO's Machiavellian plot.
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| 3 | REMEMBER ME?(Dial, $25). By Sophie Kinsella
After a serious bump to the head, a young woman awakes, astounded, to a whole new life and look.
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| 4 | 7TH HEAVEN(Little, Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Arsonists prey on the affluent; "Women's Murder Club" tale.
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| 5 | HONOR THYSELF(Delacorte, $27)
By Danielle Steel. Stricken by amnesia after a terrorist attack, a storied actress rebuilds her life.
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| 6 | DEAD HEAT(Tyndale, $24.99)
By Joel C. Rosenberg. A bitter presidential election unfolds amid political catastrophes worldwide.
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| 7 | A PRISONER OF BIRTH(St. Martin's, $27.95)
By Jeffrey Archer. A thoroughly modern retelling of Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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| 8 | A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
(Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghan women cope with a brutish husband.
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| 9 | KILLER HEAT(Doubleday, $26). By Linda Fairstein
A ruthless serial killer targeting women in uniform is but one of the challenges facing Alex Cooper.
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| 10 | WORLD WITHOUT END(Dutton, $35)
By Ken Follett. Revisiting Kingsbridge (setting for "The Pillars of the Earth") two centuries later.
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| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHER'S JOURNEY THROUGH
HIS SON'S METH ADDICTION (Houghton Mifflin, $24). By David Sheff
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| 2 | COMMON WEALTH: ECONOMICS FOR A CROWDED
PLANET(Penguin Press, $27.95) By Jeffrey D. Sachs. Tackling global crises.
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| 3 | LOSING IT: AND GAINING MY LIFE BACK ONE
POUND AT A TIME(Free Press, $26) By Valerie Bertinelli. The child star grows up.
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| 4 | A PERSONAL STAND: OBSERVATIONS AND
OPINIONS FROM A FREETHINKING ROUGHNECK (Villard, $23.95). By Trace Adkins
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| 5 | RETRIBUTION: THE BATTLE FOR JAPAN, 1944-45
(Knopf, $35). By Max Hastings. Portraits of key players enliven this history of the war's final year.
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| 6 | THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS(Collins, $24.95)
By Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz A manual for young ladies and tomboys alike.
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| 7 | IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO
(Penguin Press, $21.95). By Michael Pollan Navigating a healthy diet amid the nutrition wars.
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| 8 | THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
(Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.
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| 9 | WHY WOMEN SHOULD RULE THE WORLD
(Harper, $24.95). By Dee Dee Myers. The former White House press secretary makes her case.
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| 10 | THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF
SKEPTICISM(Dutton, $24.95). By Timothy Keller A pastor's response to the anti-theism crowd.
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