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August 28, 2006

New Bestsellers 8/28/06

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.

Library Journal's Fiction & Nonfiction lists have been updated for September 1.

The Criticas Fiction and Nonfiction lists have been updated for August.

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

Ted Bell. Spy
This fourth thriller featuring intrepid intelligence operative Alex Hawke by "New York Times" bestselling author Bell takes readers to the very edge of danger, as Hawke must thwart a political mission in South America. (PW #15)

Suzanne Brockmann. Into the Storm
The men of SEAL Team Sixteen and Troubleshooters, Inc. face off in a winter training exercise in the mountains of New Hampshire. Tracy Shapiro, a receptionist for Troubleshooters', goes missing. Former LAPD detective Lindsey Fountaine and Petty Officer Mark Jenkins search for her and turn up the bodies of brutally tortured women. (PW #3, USA #15)

Sandra Brown. Ricochet
Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher knows he must exercise discretion when investigating a fatal shooting at the home of Judge Cato Laird, but he is both suspicious of and attracted to the Judge's wife. (PW #2, USA #6)

Marisha Pessl. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class, this mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction. (PW #9)

Karin Slaughter. Triptych
In this gritty, gripping firecracker of a novel, the author of the bestselling Grant County, Georgia, series breaks thrilling new ground, weaving together the threads of a complex, multilayered story with the skill of a master craftsman. (PW #10)

Nonfiction

Harold S. Kushner. Overcoming Life's Disappointments
From Harold S. Kushner, the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a book that shows us how to be our best selves even when things don?t turn out as we had hoped?that is, how we can overcome life?s disappointments. (PW #15)