November 01, 2004
New Bestsellers 11/1
The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. This week, because of technical difficulties last week, we have included those books which were new last week as well. They are noted with "*New Last 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.
We have added the New York Times Advice Bestseller list to our collection of best seller lists. This list is updated weekly.
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
Fiction
Diane Mott Davidson. Double Shot
"Today's foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit" ("Entertainment Weekly") whips up a rich souffl of murder and mischief as her trusty heroine Goldy Schultz gets caught up in a web of secrets and lies that could tear her family apart. (NYT #12, PW #10, WSJ #10)
Stephen R. Donaldson. The Runes of the Earth
Donaldson makes a triumphant return to his "New York Times" bestselling and critically acclaimed Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series with a quartet of new novels that take place ten years after Covenant's ultimate sacrifice as savior of the Land. (PW #14)
Nora Roberts. Northern Lights *New Last Week
Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'd watched his partner die on the street--and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town, where he unearths the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath Lunacy's placid surface. And his discovery will threaten the new life--and the new love--that he has finally found for himself. (NYT #1, PW #3, USA #15, WSJ #4)
RA Salvatore. The Two Swords
The third and final title in the latest "New York Times" bestselling trilogy from R.A. Salvatore, this book once again features his popular dark elf character Drizzt Do'Urden. (NYT #4, PW #2, USA #10, WSJ #1)
Anita Shreve. Light on Snow *New last week
When a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow , the event forever alters the 11-year-old's understanding of the world. (NYT #9, PW #7, WSJ #8)
Stuart Woods. The Prince of Beverly Hills
Woods introduces a demoted 1930's Hollywood detective who is reassigned to security detail for Centurion Pictures. His charm has columnists dubbing him "the Prince of Beverly Hills," until he uncovers a murder cover-up and a blackmail scam that threatens the studio and may originate with the mob. (NYT #10, WSJ #11)
Nonfiction
George Carlin. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops *New Last Week
On the heels of George Carlin's #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Napalm & Silly Putty" comes "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?"--infused with Carlin's trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations. Carlin offers his opinion on everything from evasive euphemistic language to politicians to the media to dead people. Nothing and no one is safe. (NYT #2, PW #3, USA #7, WSJ #3)
Phil Jackson. The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul
One of the most successful coaches in the history of basketball offers his personal account of a season like no other--the extraordinary ride of the 2003-2004 Los Angeles Lakers. (NYT #5, PW #11, WSJ #10)
Tatum O'Neal. A Paper Life *New Last Week
The sensational memoir by one of Hollywood's most talented and turbulent leading ladies--filled with stunning revelations--is an inspirational true tale of survival and triumph against all odds. (NYT #6, PW #10, WSJ #11)
Joel Osteen. Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential *New Last Week
In "Your Best Life Now," television outreach pastor Joel Osteen encourages people to discover their innate strengths and abilities on the road to success. (PW #8, WSJ #6)
Donald Trump. Trump: Think Like a Billionaire
Trump tackles building wealth from a number of different angles and includes his most extensive advice on real estate to-date. (PW #15)
Children's Chapter
G. P. Taylor. Wormwood
In 1756, as a deadly comet hurtles toward London, Dr. Sabian Blake and his fourteen-year-old housemaid, Agetta, struggle against dark forces that seek an ancient, powerful book in Blake's possession that would enable them to carry out an evil plan in which Agetta unknowingly plays a pivotal role. (NYT #10)
Children's Picture
Mo Willems. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! *New Last Week
A funny pigeon tries everything to get you to let him drive the bus while the bus driver is away. (NYT #7)
Business
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, & Charles Burck. Confronting Reality
"Confronting Reality" shows everyone in every kind of business--from start-ups to the Fortune 500, from MBA students to CFOs--the basics of how their businesses can make money. Redefining management theory and practice, the authors provide tools and strategies that readers can use to meet the challenges of this new era and help their companies prosper. (WSJ #4)
Audio Fiction
David Baldacci. Hour Game
A series of brutal murders darkens the Wrightsburg, Virginia countryside. The killer, replicating notorious murders of the past, seeks to improve them, while taunting the police by leaving watches on the victims set to the hour corresponding with their position on his hit list. When Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called to join the case, they are already investigating a crime involving an aristocratic and dysfunctional Southern family. But, as they soon discover, the two cases may be connected. The tension is further increased by a second killer who is copying the crimes of the first. King and Maxwell must discover their identities before the body count increases even more. (Unabridged Cassette, Abridged CD) (PW #2)
Maeve Binchy. Nights of Rain and Stars
A story of sudden endings and new beginnings, of friendships forged in the face of tragedy, and of the nights of rain and stars that fall and shine over a beautiful island in a sparkling sea. In a small Greek island village, a group of travelers from around the world and the local residents they encounter are brought together in unexpected ways when sudden tragedy strikes. (Unabridged Cassette & CD) (PW #7)
Clive Cussler. Sacred Stone
Now for the first time in audiobook comes a new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling master of high seas action . (Unabridged Cassette) (PW #13)
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. (Unabridged Cassette) (PW #11)
Jonathan Kellerman & Faye Kellerman. Double Homicide: Santa Fe
For the first time ever, bestselling novelists Jonathan and Faye Kellermen team up to deliver the launch book in a thrilling new series of short crime novels. This book--printed as a reversible volume with two different covers--contains two stories featuring different detectives solving crimes in different cities. (Unabridged CD) (PW #8)
Nora Roberts. Northern Lights
Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'd watched his partner die on the street--and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town, where he unearths the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath Lunacy's placid surface. And his discovery will threaten the new life--and the new love--that he has finally found for himself. . (Unabridged CD) (PW #9)
Alexander McCall Smith. The Sunday Philosophy Club
Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the "Review of Applied Ethics, which addresses such issues as "truth telling in sexual relationships," and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. In this first book in McCall Smith's new series Isbel investigates how a young man could have fallen to his death from the top balcony of the Usher Hall. She is aided by her beautiful niece Cat, Cat's ex boyfriend Hugo (whose own good looks Isabel is tantalised by), and her strict housekeeper Grace. Isabel is drawn into the heart of Edinburgh's well heeled, if somewhat shady, business community as she sets out to discover the truth . (Unabridged Cassette & CD) (PW #6)
Audio Nonfiction
Ann Coulter. How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)
With titles like "Would Mohamed Atta Object to Armed Pilots?" and "Liberal Pimps for Clintonism," the pieces in this newest work by the controversial columnist explore such subjects as foreign policy, Hollywood celebrities, air travel, and even the inanities of the D.C. dating scene. (Unabridged CD) (PW #8)
Posted by Grace at November 1, 2004 03:12 PM
