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October 18, 2005

New Bestsellers 10/17/05

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.

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

Fiction

Michael Connelly. The Lincoln Lawyer
Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller signs on to defend young real estate agent Louis Roulet against charges of assault. Roulet's imperious mother will spend any amount to prove her son's innocence. But probing the details of the case, Mickey and private investigator Raul Levin dig up a far darker picture of Roulet's personality and his past. Levin's murder and a new connection to the Menendez case, which he mishandled, make Mickey wonder if he's in over his head, and his defense of Roulet becomes a question of morality as well as a test of his own survival. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #5)

THE SUNFLOWER, by Richard Paul Evans. (Simon & Schuster, $19.95.) A woman who was jilted by her fianc? volunteers at an orphanage in Peru and learns to love again. (NYT #15)

Nora Roberts. Blue Smoke
The blaze that night at her family's pizzeria changed young Reena Hale's life. Now as a fire investigator, she tries desperately to trace the origins of the taunting phone calls she's receiving, the fires, and the hatred aimed in her direction. In doing so, she will step into the worst inferno she has ever faced. (NYT #2, PW #4, USA #4)

Lauren Weisberger. Everyone Worth Knowing
An irresistible tale about what happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite. (NYT #10, PW #9)

Nonfiction

NO EXCUSES, by Kyle Maynard. (Regnery, $25.95.) The memoir of a young wrestling champion who was born without hands or feet. (NYT #12)

UNLIKELY ANGEL, by Ashley Smith with Stacy Mattingly. (Morrow/HarperCollins/Zondervan, $24.95.) The story of the woman held hostage by a fugitive who escaped from an Atlanta courthouse. (NYT #15)

PW Religion

Bruce Feiler. Where God Was Born
Combines the adventure of a wartime chronicle, the excitement of an archaeological detective story, and the insight of personal spiritual exploration. Taking readers to biblical sites not seen by Westerners for decades, Bruce Feiler's journey uncovers little-known details about the common roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and affirms the importance of the Bible in today's world.Where God Was Born is a daring quest that offers a rare, universal vision of God that can inspire different faiths to an allegiance of hope. (#4)