Hardcover Fiction
1. Hannibal [6 weeks]
By Thomas Harris (Dell, $27.95)
Dr. Lecter returns in this sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs."
2. Mother of Pearl [6 weeks]
By Melinda Haynes (Hyperion, $23.95)
A Mississippi family's secrets weigh heavy in a small town.
3. Granny Dan [3 weeks]
By Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $19.95)
A ballerina falls for the doctor of a Russian czar.
4. White Oleander [11 weeks]
By Janet Fitch (Little, Brown, $24)
A young girl recounts her survival of the travails of foster care.
5. McNally's Dilemma [3 weeks]
By Lawrence Sanders (Putnam, $24.95)
Palm Beach p.i. Archy McNally investigates a socialite's murder.
6. The Testament [21 weeks]
By John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95)
An eccentric billionaire's will causes turmoil.
7. The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing [5 weeks]
By Melissa Bank (Viking Penguin, $23.95)
An exploration of lessons learned from a young girl growing up.
8. The Soldier Spies [2 weeks]
By W. E. B. Griffin (Putnam, $25.95)
OSS agents try to kidnap a German scientist to help defeat the Nazis.
9. Lake News [5 weeks]
By Barbara Delinsky (Simon & Schuster, $24)
A fugitive and an exile from the media meet and fall in love.
10. Certain Prey [5 weeks]
By John Sandford (Putnam, $24.95)
Two femmes fatales set their sights on police officer Lucas Davenport.
Hardcover Nonfiction/General
1. Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate [6 weeks]
By Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $27.50)
2. Tuesdays With Morrie [81 weeks]
By Mitch Albom (Doubleday, $19.95)
3. Real Age [2 weeks]
By M. F. Roizen and E. A. Stephenson (HarperCollins, $25)
4. The Greatest Generation [35 weeks]
By Tom Brokaw (Random House, $24.95)
5. Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food [8 weeks]
By Suzanne Somers (Random House, $24)
6. Body for Life [3 weeks]
By Bill Phillips with Michael D'Orso (HarperCollins, $25)
7. Sugar Busters [45 weeks]
By H. Leighton Steward, Morrison C. Berhen, Sam S. Andrews & Luis
A. Balart (Ballantine, $22)
8. Live Now, Age Later [5 weeks]
By Isadore Rosenfeld (Farrar Straus & Giroux, $27.50)
9. The First World War [7 weeks]
By John Keegan (Knopf, $35)
10. The Lexus and the Olive Tree [11 Weeks]
By Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar Starus Giroux, $27.50)
Washington
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The following hardcover titles are selling well in local independent bookstores:
Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey beyond Color to an Affirmation of
Race
By Eugene Robinson (Free Press, $24)
A sojourn in Brazil prompts an American journalist to rediscover his sense
of racial consciousness and identity. (NF)
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
By Wayne Johnson (Doubleday, $24.95)
The fictional biography of a historical figure, Joe Smallwood, traces his
Dickensian rise to power from a scholarship student to premier of
Newfoundland. (F)
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
By Edward Chancellor
(Farrar Straus Giroux, $25)
Vivid accounts of investors' speculations ranging from those in ancient
Rome to present day and their impact on society for good or ill. (NF)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By J. K. Rowling (Scholastic, $17.95)
Back at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, young Harry
unearths fresh torments and outrageous terrors. (F)
A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales
By Robert Girardi (Delacorte, $24.95)
Faux folklore ranging in time from the medieval Levant to post-apocalyptic
California. (F)
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Paperback Fiction
1. The Pilot's Wife [17 weeks]
By Anita Shreve (Little Brown, $13.95)
After a pilot crashes, his wife finds out he was a bigamist.
2. Memoirs of a Geisha [23 weeks]
By Arthur Golden (Vintage, $14)
A little girl's transformation
into a beguiling temptress.
3. Point of Origin [3 weeks]
By Patricia Cornwell (Berkley, $7.99)
Kay Scarpetta returns to face a dark shadow from her past.
4. Bridget Jones' Diary [8 weeks]
By Helen Fielding (Penguin, $12.95)
The intimate diary of an anxiety-plagued woman in the '90s.
5. Summer Sisters [9 weeks]
By Judy Blume (Dell, $7.50)
Childhood friends reunite, with unexpected results.
6. The Reader [19 weeks]
By Bernhard Schlink (Vintage, $11)
A young man's lover has an unspeakable past.
7. A Widow for One Year [13 weeks]
By John Irving (Ballantine, $14.95)
The story of a woman's path to true love.
8. Serpent: The NUMA Files [7 Weeks]
By Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Pocket, $16)
Two special agents uncover an ancient conspiracy.
9. I Know This Much Is True [15 weeks]
By Wally Lamb (Regan/HarperCollins, $16)
A man's complicated relationship with his schizophrenic brother.
10. Tell Me Your Dreams [1 week]
By Sidney Shelton (Warner, $7.99)
A courtroom drama filled with duelling psychiatrists and murder.
Paperback Nonfiction/General
1. Angela's Ashes [9 weeks]
By Frank McCourt (Touchstone, $14)
2. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil [3 weeks]
By John Berendt (Random House, $25)
3. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution [104 Weeks]
By Robert C. Atkins (Avon, $6.50)
4. Guns, Germs and Steel [16 weeks]
By Jared Diamond (Norton, $14.95)
5. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff [30 Weeks]
By Richard Carlson (Hyperion, $10.95)
6. Falling Leaves [13 weeks]
By Adeline Yen Mah (Broadway, $13)
7. Don't Give It Away [5 weeks]
By Iyanla Vanzant (Simon & Schuster, $11)
8. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea [3 weeks]
By Gary Kinder (Vintage, $14)
9. One Day My Soul Just Opened Up [31 weeks]
By Iyanla Vanzant (Fireside, $13)
10. The Seat of the Soul [13 weeks]
By Gary Kinder (Simon & Schuster, $13)
Washington
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The following paperback titles are selling well in local independent bookstores:
The Odd Sea
By Frederick Reiken (Dell, $9.95)
When a gifted teenage boy dissappears, his tormented family struggles on
with life. (F)
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