April 18, 2005
New Bestsellers 4/18/05
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 15.
The Cr?ticas [Spanish language] Bestsellers were updated for February.
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
Fiction
THE YEAR OF PLEASURES, by Elizabeth Berg. (Random House, $24.95.) A recently widowed woman moves to the Midwest in search of a new life. (NYT #10)
Mary Higgins Clark. No Place Like Home
In the latest thriller from America's queen of suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever--her childhood home. (NYT #1, PW #3, USA #6, WSJ #3)
Eoin Colfer. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has no memory of the fairy people and his dangerous enemy, Opal Koboi escapes from jail and is planning revenge. (WSJ #5)
Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes. Full Bloom
The temperature is on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, and the peach trees are bursting into full bloom in this fifth book in the mega-bestselling Full series from the bestselling team of Evanovich and Hughes. (USA #9)
Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair
Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island-- amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks--she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #3, WSJ #1)
PRETTY WOMAN, by Fern Michaels. (Pocket Books, $24.) After kicking her no-good husband out of the house, a Georgia woman wins $300 million in a lottery. (NYT #15)
Nonfiction
Johnny Damon & Peter Golenbock. Idiot
Autobiography and 2004 season retrospective from the Red Sox star. (NYT #10, WSJ #13)
Jane Fonda. My Life So Far
Born into the Hollywood of her legendary father Henry Fonda, the actress and bestselling author tells the story of her remarkable life--the movies, the men, the times of her life. From studying acting with Lee Strasberg to the making of many movies; from marriages to French movie director Roger Vadim, activist Tom Hayden, media billionaire Ted Turner, to her independent life today; from antiwar activism to feminism and child advocacy; My Life So Far reveals the woman herself, with rich insights into the struggles of being human. (NYT #1, PW #4, USA #11, WSJ #4)
Thomas L. Friedman. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century
The timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #8, WSJ #3)
Jack Welch. Winning
Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of General Electric, he has traveled the world, speaking and answering questions. Now, he has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which lays out his answers. He begins with his business philosophy, exploring the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all. The core of the book looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen; outside, at the competition; and at managing your career--from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance. (PW #3, USA #4, WSJ #1)
WSJ Business
Jack Welch. %3Winning (#1)
Posted by Grace at April 18, 2005 04:16 PM
