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September 20, 2004

New Bestsellers 9/20

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 September 15.

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

Fiction

Patricia Cornwell. Trace
Dr. Kay Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, to help solve a perplexing crime. Under strange and less-than-ideal circumstances, she investigates the death of a 14-year-old girl to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1, WSJ #1)

Kristin Gore. Sammy's Hill
Kristin Gore, comedy writer and daughter of Tipper and Al Gore, makes her hilarious and touching fiction debut with a poignant look at Capitol Hill as seen through the eyes of a particularly charming young intern. (NYT #16, PW #10, WSJ #11)

Arthur Phillips. The Egyptologist
"Set mostly in Egypt in the early 1920s, stars Ralph Trilipush, an obsessive Egyptologist. Trilipush is more than a little odd. He is pinning his hopes on purported king Atum-hadu, whose erotic verses he has discovered and translated; now he must locate his tomb and its expected riches. Meanwhile, an Australian detective, for reasons too complicated to go into, is seeking to unmask Trilipush, who may have had some relationship with a young Australian Egyptologist who died mysteriously. Trilipush and the detective are two quite unreliable narrators, and the effect is that of a hall of mirrors. Where does fact end and imagination, illusion and wishful thinking begin?" - Publisher's Weekly (WSJ #15)

Nonfiction

Bill Gertz. Trechery
The bestselling author of "Breakdown" and "Betrayal" offers a shocking expos about an insidious threat to America's national security. (NYT #9, PW #10, WSJ #10)

Paris Hilton. Confessions of an Heiress
This Learjet's view of the fast, fun world of Paris Hilton is packed with enough photos, advice, and inside scoop to help anyone live the glamorous life. (NYT #7, PW #7, WSJ #5)

Aron Ralston. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"Icebound" meets "Into Thin Air" in this astonishing, day-by-day account of Ralston's terrible accident, self-amputation, and subsequent rescue and recovery. (NYT #8, PW #11, WSJ #12)

Art Spiegelman. In the Shadow of No Towers
In his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking "Maus," Art Spiegelman offers a deeply personal, politically charged, graphically and emotionally stunning account of the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001 a no-holds-barred political statement and a revelation of the cultural reach of cartooning. (NYT #14, WSJ #14)

Business

Bill Rancic. You're Hired
The winner of the hit TV show "The Apprentice" shows how readers can become their own personal success story in both business and life by using his own business experiences, work ethic, top business strategies, and lessons learned from the show and from working for Donald Trump. (WSJ #11)

Children's Fiction

Cornelia Funke. Dragon Rider
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon , is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. (PW #2)