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May 17, 2005

New Bestsellers 5/16/05

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.

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

Fiction

Dorothea Benton Frank. Pawleys Island
When Becca Sims wanders into the beautiful seaside Gallery Valentine hoping to sell some of her watercolors, she has no idea her life is about to be transformed by the gallery's owner and his best friend. With the vivid, unforgettable characters, dreamy Lowcountry setting, and authentically brazen, compulsively readable Southern voice that have made her one of today's greatest storytellers, Dorothea Benton Frank delivers her most extraordinary novel yet. (NYT #9, PW #12, WSJ #15)

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Charlaine Harris. Dead as a Doornail
A new Southern Vampire novel--featuring Sookie Stackhouse--from the New York Times bestselling author of Dead to the World. (NYT #14, PW #14, WSJ #14)

Chuck Palahniuk. Haunted
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter-sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined "Writers' Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months," and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of "real life" that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But "here" turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside world-and where heat and power and, most important, food are in increasingly short supply. (NYT #10, PW #9, WSJ #5)

James Patterson. 4th of July
After losing one of its own, Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever--one that could easily be their last. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1, WSJ #1)

Nonfiction

Goldie Hawn. A Lotus Grows in the Mud
An inspiring and unconventional memoir from one of the world's most beloved actresses. (NYT #3, PW #9, WSJ #10)

ELVIS BY THE PRESLEYS, edited by David Ritz. (Crown, $24.95.) A profusely illustrated tribute, with recollections from members of the Presley family. (NYT #7)

Michael F. Roizen. You: An Owner's Manual
This is a fun, informative and preventative health book like no other. (PW #1, USA #2, WSJ #1)

Brooke Shields. Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
In this compelling memoir, Brooke Shields talks candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and provides millions of women with an inspiring example of recovery. (NYT #6, PW #11, WSJ #11)