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September 13, 2004

New Bestsellers 9/13

The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists.

The Library Journal Lists of Most Borrowed Books in Public Libraries for Fiction and Nonfiction were updated for August 15.

NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal

Fiction

Terry Brooks. High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil
In the sequel to Jarka Ruus Pen leads a quest to find the mystical Tanequil tree in order to save Grianne from her magical prison. (NYT #7, PW #4, WSJ #4)

Susanna Clarke. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that it leaves readers longing for more. (NYT #9, PW #10, WSJ #8)

Janet Evanovich. The Rocky Road to Romance
This classic tale full of charm and wit from the acclaimed #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series is available once again. (USA #9)

Julie Garwood. Murder List
Chicago detective Alec Buchanan has been assigned to provide protection for hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison. Regan had once attended a self-help seminar where the presenter asked each attendee to make a "fantasy revenge" list of people who had hurt or deceived them in the past, people they would like to have eliminated. Regan had forgotten all about that list until the people on it began to die. Apparently, someone is determined to turn her fantasies into reality, and death stalks her every move. (NYT #2, PW #3, WSJ #3)

THE SECRET ON ARARAT, by Tim LaHaye and Bob Phillips. (Bantam, $25.) In Book 2 of the "Babylon Rising" series, the biblical scholar Michael Murphy searches for Noah's ark. (NYT #12)

Debbie Macomber. 44 Cranberry Point
In the highly anticipated novel in her bestselling Cedar Cove series, Macomber picks up on the trail of the unsolved murder that occurred at the Thyme and Tide Bed and Breakfast in "311 Pelican Court." (USA #8)

Nora Roberts. Charmed & Enchanted
The fascinating and mysterious Donovan cousins share a secret that sets them apart from ordinary beings. But Ana Donovan has secrets she is certain no man can--or will--accept. Reissue (USA #2)

Nonfiction

WHERE THE RIGHT WENT WRONG, by Patrick J. Buchanan. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, $24.95.) The former presidential candidate takes on members of the Bush administration and other conservatives. (NYT #14)

Children's Chapter

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Starcatchers
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island. (NYT #6)

Brian Jacques. Rakkety Tam
There has never been a Redwall hero quite like Rakkety Tam, the roguish Highlander squirrel who sets off for Mossflower Wood on a mercenary errand and loses his heart to the charms of Redwall Abbey. (NYT #10)

Religion

His Holiness The Dalai Lama & Victor Chan. The Wisdom of Forgiveness
Chan's conversations with the Dalai Lama reveal His Holiness's personal fears; under which circumstances he believes he could be capable of violence; how the experience of profound spiritual insight feels in the body and mind; and more. (PW #9)