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September 27, 2004

New Bestsellers 9/27

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.

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

Fiction

Pearl S. Buck. The Good Earth
This great modern classic depicts life in China at a time before the vast political and social upheavals transformed an essentially agrarian country into a world power. Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life--its terrors, its passions, its ambitions, and rewards. Includes biographical and historical information and more. (USA #8)

Iris Johansen. Blind Alley
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan meets her greatest challenge yet: a killer who leaves his victims faceless and with burned fingerprints. (NYT #11, PW #10, WSJ #10)

Sidney Sheldon. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
In this classic page turner from "the master of the storytelling game" ("People"), four people from the world's largest think tank are murdered. Soon, two of the murdered men's wives find their own lives threatened as they become reluctant allies in a life and death game of cat-and-mouse. (NYT #3, PW #3, USA #13, WSJ #4)

Jennifer Weiner. Little Earthquakes
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "In Her Shoes" comes a hilarious and warmhearted story of three young women who find friendship against the background of new motherhood. (NYT #7, PW #9, WSJ #8)

Nonfiction

Seymour M. Hersh. Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghirab
From the brilliant investigative reporter who exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal comes a revealing and unflinching look behind the public story of the Bush administration's war on terror, its intelligence failures, and the alleged lies that led America into Iraq. (NYT #5, PW #7, WSJ #7)

Kitty Kelley. The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
As the Bush family has risen to dominance, so too they have been master orchestrators of their own public image, acting and operating under the shield of privacy their money and status have always afforded them. Until now. The First Lady of unauthorized biography now reckons with the first family of the United States--and the result is at once a rich and shocking history and a very human portrait of the world's most powerful dynasty. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #2, WSJ #1)

Phil McGraw. Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
In his most powerful book to date, Dr. Phil calls upon all parents in America to open their eyes and recognize the importance of families. With his trademark to-the-point style, Dr. Phil outlines the issues and lays out practical solutions for bringing families back together. (PW #3, USA #4, WSJ #3)

Business

Robert G. Allen. Nothing Down for the 2000s
Nothing Down for the 2000s shows you how to locate the best buys, deal with real estate agents, and manage properties, all with little - or no - money down. Excellent for beginners or experienced investors, Nothing Down for the 2000s is the key to generating low-risk, high-profit wealth and to a potential future of security and financial independence. (WSJ #10)

Children's Chapter

Katherine Hannigan. Ida B
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. (Audiocassette)