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January 11, 2005

New Bestsellers 1/10/05

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 January 15.

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

Fiction

Suzanne Brockmann. Hot Target
A continuation of Brockmann's Troubleshooters Inc romantic series. (PW #9, WSJ #8)

WEB Griffin. By Order of the President
Over the years, W.E.B. Griffin's stories of the military and police, told with crackling realism and rich characters, have won him millions of fans and acclaim as "the dean of the American war adventure" ( Publishers Weekly ). Now he vaults into the present day with a series as exciting as anything he has ever written. (PW #11, WSJ #10)

Nonfiction

Sylvia Browne. Sylvia Browne's Lessons for Life
Sharing her personal experiences, the renowned psychic leads readers on the path to perfection of the soul in this eight-week study course. (WSJ #15)

Jared Diamond. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide? (PW #10, WSJ #11)