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August 22, 2005

New Bestsellers 8/22/05

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 August 15.

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

Fiction

Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Match Me If You Can
When Annabelle inherits her late grandmother's matchmaking business, she wants to make the best of it since she is the lone failure in a family of overachievers. To do so, she must land Heath Champion - the most sought after batchelor in the city. (PW #7, WSJ #5)

Anne Rivers Siddons. Sweetwater Creek
From bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons comes a bittersweet and finely wrought story of friendship, family, and Charleston society. (PW #8, WSJ #9)

Harry Turtledove. Settling Accounts: Drive to the East
Harry Turtledove?the master of alternate history?has recast the tumultuous twentieth century and created an epic that is powerful, bold, and as convincing as it is provocative. In Drive to the East he continues his saga of warfare that has divided a nation and now threatens the entire world. (PW #14, WSJ #14)