June 06, 2005
New Bestsellers 6/6/05
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. Because of a vacation, this posting includes new bestsellers from the past few weeks.
The Library Journal Lists of Most Borrowed Books in Public Libraries for Fiction and Nonfiction were updated for June 1.
E = Essence
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
Fiction
Isabel Allende. Zorro
Born in southern California late in the 18th century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. It is here, during Diego's childhood, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealth Native Americans by Eorpoean settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European educaton. In a country chafing under the correction of Naeleonic rule, Diego follow the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins the "La Justicia," a secret underground resistance movment devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege. (PW #14)
Michael Connelly. The Closers
25-year LAPD veteran Harry Bosch comes back from retirement to try to solve the 1988 murder of a 16-year-old girl. (NYT #3, PW #2, USA #11, WSJ #2)
Robin Cook. Marker
New York City medical examiners Dr Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton are back to pursue the causes of seemingly unrelated patient deaths. When Laurie is pulled into the nightmare as a potential victim herself, she and Jack race to connect the dots-and save her life. (NYT #9, PW #13, WSJ #15)
Iris Johansen. Countdown
Orphaned at an early age, Jane grew up the hard way, but she was given a new life, a loving family, and a chance to pursue her interest in one of the greatest archaeological finds ever unearthed. Now someone was trying to destroy that new life before it could even get started. The past is returning with the kind of vengeance that knows no mercy. The countdown has already begun, and it's approaching zero faster than anyone thinks. (NYT #13, PW #5)
Jonathan Kellerman. Rage
Troy Turner and Rand Duchay were barely teenagers when they kidnapped and murdered a younger child. Troy, a remorseless sociopath, died violently behind bars. But the hulking, slow witted Rand managed to survive his stretch. Now, at age twenty-one, he's emerged a haunted, rootless young man with a pressing need to talk once again with psychologist Alex Delaware. But the young killer comes to a brutal end, that conversation never takes place. Or has someone waited for eight patient years to dine on ice-cold revenge? (NYT #7, PW #7, WSJ #8)
Dean Koontz. Velocity
After his usual eight-hour bartending shift, Bill Wile finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. "If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide." Bill thinks it's a joke and ignores it. Less than 24 hours later, a young, blond school teacher is murderd and Bill knows it's his fault. Now he has another note, with another ultimatum, and two more lives hanging in the balance. (NYT #4, USA #14, WSJ #7)
Fern Michaels. Nosy Neighbor
A young woman discovers her fiance is the head of an international crime ring and a handsome nosy neighbor helps her break off her engagement and marry the right man. (USA #4)
Kimberly Lawson Roby. The Best-Kept Secret
It was love-to-hate at first sight when Kimberla Lawson Roby's readers met Reverend Curtis Black--surely one of the cleverest ne'er-do-wells ever to set foot in a church. In this new tale, Curtis is starting over. He has a new job, a new wife (again), and a newfound will to follow the straight and narrow path of righteousness. (E #3)
John Sandford. Broken Prey
Lucas Davenport faces a living nightmare, in one of the scariest Prey novels yet from the number-one bestselling author. (NYT #5, PW #6, WSJ #9)
Trish R. Thomas. Would I Lie to You?
Feisty and daring fictional heroine Venus Johnston returns in this much-anticipated sequel to Thomas's hit debut "Nappily Ever After." (E #10)
Nonfiction
Donna Brazile. Cooking with Grease
Cooking with Grease is a powerful, behind-the-scenes memoir of the life and times of a tenacious political organizer and the first African-American woman to head a major presidential campaign. (E #7)
COACH, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $12.95.) The author of "Moneyball" and "Liar's Poker" recalls the lessons he learned from a high school baseball coach. (NYT #11)
David McCullough. 1776
In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1, WSJ #1)
Business
Lois P. Frankel. Nice Girls Don't Get Rich
From executive to entry level, single to married, every woman needs to know the subconscious behavior that prevents her from developing a healthy and successful relationship with money--from depending on men for financial advice or support to a reluctance for negotiating. Frankel offers help in recognizing these self- defeating behaviors--as well as financial and investment advice and tips to help women claim wealth and riches. (NYT #10)
Seth Godin. All Marketers are Liars
The new rule of marketing is that it doesn't matter if something is actually better or faster or more efficient. What matters is whether consumers believe the story. Godin teaches readers to create a story that fits the consumer's world view, a story they will intuitively embrace and share with friends. (WSJ #14)
PW Children's Fiction
Blue Balliett. Chasing Vermeer
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. (#12)
Jeanne DuPrau. The City of Ember
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. (#13)
Jeanne DuPrau. The People of Sparks
Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks. (#11)
Lauren Myracle. ttyl
Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade. (#9)
Posted by Grace at June 6, 2005 02:51 PM
