March 01, 2005
New Bestsellers 2/28/05
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 March 1.
The Cr?ticas [Spanish language] Bestsellers were updated for January.
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
Fiction
Robert Crais. The Forgotten Man
In his major "New York Times" bestseller "The Last Detective," Crais returned to his signature characters, private investigator Elvis Cole and partner Joe Pike. Now, after scratching the surface of Cole's troubled past, Crais returns with a stunning suspense novel that leads to the dark secrets of Cole's own life. (NYT #7, PW #6, WSJ #6)
Greg Iles. Blood Memory
Forensic expert Catherine "Cat" Ferry is a 31-year-old woman at the peak of her professional career when she begins to have panic attacks and blackouts at murder scenes. As she pieces together horrifying childhood events she has been shielded from all her life, both she and the FBI realize that current murders in New Orleans are intimately tied to Cat's family and her past. (NYT #8, PW #9)
James Patterson. Honeymoon
When rich men begin to die mysteriously%2, FBI agent John O'Hara is on the case. After a young writer succumbs to an apparent heart attack, John turns a probing eye to the man's ambitious widow. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1, WSJ #1)
Mary Doria Russell. A Thread of Grace
Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, this new novel is the first in seven years by the bestselling author of "The Sparrow" and "Children of God." (NYT #15, PW #14)
M. Walsh & M. Malone. Killing Club
A suspenseful novel crackling with murder, love, and betrayal -- introducing the smart young detective Jamie Ferrara. In this One Life to Live tie-in novel, Jamie Ferrara is a spunky, attractive detective engaged to Rod Wolenski, the Chief of Detectives and her boss, and still living with her retired cop father and spacey rock guitarist brother. When a dear old friend dies in a grotesque holiday accident, Jamie is pulled into a homicide investigation in her small New Jersey hometown, and reunited with the friends and secrets she left behind. (NYT #16, WSJ #13)
Nonfiction
Jose Canseco. Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big
One of the most electrifying and controversial athletes ever to step onto the baseball diamond shares outrageous tales of sex, drugs, and hard partying in the major leagues - as well as a never-before-seen look at baseball's dart secret: steroids. (NYT #1, PW #2, USA #3, WSJ #2)
Bob Greene. Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover
Bob Greene lays out a no-nonsense, accelerated program for physical transformation. Best of all, the exercise and nutrition regimen is easily customized for any diet plan--South Beach, the Zone, Atkins, Dr. Phil, Dr. Ornish, and Somersizing. (PW #1, USA #2, WSJ #1)
Business
John Perkins. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
In this riveting personal story, John Perkins tells of his own inner journey from willing servant of empire to impassioned advocate for the rights of oppressed people. (WSJ #10)
Children's Picture Books
Kevin Henkes. Kitten's First Full Moon
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. (PW #1)
Barbara Lehman. The Red Book
A book about a book, a magical red book, without any words, and the friendship that develops around it. (NYT #10)
Michael Stadther. A Treasure's Trove
This Fairy tale takes place in a Great Forest and tells a sweet (and sometimes sad) story about friendship and greed, Good Fairies and Evil Fairies and how love is greater than fear. (PW #2)
Posted by Grace at March 1, 2005 05:09 PM
