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August 02, 2005

New Bestsellers 8/1/05

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 Publisher's Weekly Audio Fiction and Nonfiction lists were updated for August 2005.

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

Fiction

Sophie Kinsella. The Undomestic Goddess
Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She's made a mistake so huge, it'll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she's mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they've hired a lawyer--and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can't sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope--and finds love--is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake. (NYT #7, PW #5, WSJ #6)

Cormac McCarthy. No Country for Old Men
Set in our own time along the bloody frontier between Texas and Mexico, No Country for Old Men is a harrowing story of a war that society is waging on itself, and an enduring meditation on the ties of love and blood and duty that inform lives and shape destinies. (NYT #8, PW #9, WSJ #8)

Terry McMillan. The Interruption of Everything
An African-American woman in her forties discovers that the unplanned life may be the best. (NYT #2, PW #3, USA #12, WSJ #3)

Nonfiction

Jill Scott. The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours
Writing Poems and Keeping journals since 1991, Jill Scott now shares her personal poetry collection in The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours. Praised for her earthy, honestly erotic, soulful, and very real lyrics, Jill Scott explores all the flavors of life, love, and self.Of her music, Jill offers: "It's music. It's experiences. It's vulnerability. It's honesty. It's being a woman-an African-American woman. Being a daughter, a sister, a grandchild, and a godmother. It's life. It's deeper than what I know. It's bigger than what I can see. I guess it's a dive into the human spirit." And the same will come forth in this never-before-seen collection of her poetry. (E #2)