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April 11, 2005

New Bestsellers 4/11/05

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 April 1.

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

Fiction

Nevada Barr. Hard Truth
Park Ranger Anna Pigeon comes face-to-face with the dark side of humanity when she investigates the disappearance of three young girls in Rocky Mountain National Park. (NYT #14, PW #15)

Elizabeth Peters. The Serpent & the Crown
Once again the incomparable "New York Times" bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as exciting, mysterious, and powerful as ancient Egypt. (NYT #10, PW #9)

Mathew Stover. Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
The novel based on "Star Wars: Episode III," the movie, brings the "Star Wars" epic full circle--to the creation of Darth Vader and the birth of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #4, WSJ #1)

D. Weber & J. Ringo. We Few
Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat . . . until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only their feet to get them half way around the entire planet. So far, they've crossed a continent, crossed a sea full of ship-eating monsters, taken over an enemy spaceport, and hijacked a starship. But they're not home-free yet, because home is no longer free. (WSJ #15)

Rebecca Wells. Ya-Yas in Bloom
Reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars with all the raw power of Vivi Abbott Walker's 1962 T-Bird through sixty years of marriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets. (NYT #3, PW #3, USA #14, WSJ #3)

Nonfiction

Jorge Cruise. The 3-Hour Diet: How Low Carb Makes You Fat and Timing Sculpts You Thin
With client success stories and the same easy-to-follow instructions that helped make "8 Minutes in the Morning" a bestseller, Jorge Cruise's "The 3-Hour Diet" is a winning combination of proven results and categorical innovation. (PW #4, USA #13, WSJ #2)

Paula H. Deen. Paula Deen and Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style
With trademark Southern charm that made her beloved by fans everywhere, Paula's new book features delicious, down home entertaining menus, with recipes that are guaranteed to be instant crowd-pleasers. (PW #13, WSJ #15)

BREAK, BLOW, BURN, by Camille Paglia. (Pantheon, $20.) The noted cultural commentator analyzes more than 40 short works in verse, from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" to Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock." (NYT #14)

Business

Jeffrey Sachs. The End of Poverty
Hailed by Time as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People, Jeffrey Sachs is world renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. He has advised a broad range of world leaders and international institutions on the challenges of hyperinflation, disease, post-communist transition, and extreme poverty. Now, at last, he draws on all he has learned from twenty-five years of work to offer a uniquely informed vision of the keys to economic success in the world today and the steps that are necessary to achieve prosperity for all. (NYT %#15, WSJ #13)