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August 01, 2006

New Bestsellers 7/31/06

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.

Publisher's Weekly Audio Fiction & Nonfiction lists have been updated for July 2006.

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

James Lee Burke. Pegasus Descending
The daughter of Detective Robicheaux's dead friend suddenly appears in New Iberia, and he must confront his past as he tried to determine her motives and possible crimes. (NYT #4, PW #5%2)

Terry Goodkind. Phantom
The new novel of Richard and Kahlan is the direct sequel to "Chainfire." On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day the world began to end. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #4)

Kay Hooper. Sleeping with Fear
Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood. Even more frightening, she didn't remember what happened the night before. In fact, she barely remembered the previous three weeks. (NYT #10, PW #9)

Scott Smith. Ruins
The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group - the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. This is what happens from the moment when the searchers - moving into the wild interior - begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them ... (NYT #5, PW #3, USA #9)