eBranch Blog

March 08, 2006

New Bestsellers 3/6/06

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 Wall Street Journal Best Sellers Lists have been discontinued.

E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog

Fiction

Steve Berry. The Templar Legacy
The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes ... until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was - and its true nature could change the modern world. (NYT #4, PW #4, USA #10)

Robert Crais. The Two Minute Rule
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Forgotten Man, L.A. Requiem," and "The Last Detective" returns with an intense, edge-of-your seat suspense novel about a reformed bank robber out to avenge the death of his son. (NYT #6, PW #7)

Martha Grimes. The Old Wine Shades
Richard Jury considers the authenticity of a fantastical tale, told by a stranger and fellow patron at the Old Wine Shades pub in London, about a string theory scientist's wife, son, and dog, who disappeared without a trace nine months earlier. (PW #8)

Nonfiction

Howie Carr. The Brothers Bulger
A portrait of Boston's infamous Bulger brothers, Whitey and Billy--one as the city's most feared mobster, the other as a power in the Massachusetts State Senate. (NYT #10, PW #15)

NYT Business

Charles Fishman. The Wal-Mart Effect
Charles Fishman has penetrated Wal-Mart's wall of secrecy, gaining the first in-depth and truly revealing access to a host of former Wal-Mart executives as well as managers at leading brand companies that sell to Wal-Mart, and digging up the untold story of "the Wal-Mart effect. (#10)