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November 07, 2006

New Bestsellers 11/6/06

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.

Publisher's Weekly Audio Fiction & Nonfiction lists have been updated for November 6, 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

Richard Ford. The Lay of the Land
With The Sportswriter, in 1986, Richard Ford commenced a cycle of novels that ten years later?after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award?was hailed by The Times of London as ?an extraordinary epic [that] is nothing less than the story of the twentieth century itself.? Now, a decade later, Frank Bascombe returns, with a new lease on life (and real estate), more acutely in thrall to life?s endless complexities than ever before. (PW #14)

Stephen King. Lisey's Story
Lisey Landon lost her husband Scott, a novelist, two years ago. When she starts to go through his papers, she journeys into the darkness he inhabited. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #4)

FIRST IMPRESSIONS, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $17.95.) Seeking peace, a wealthy businessman retreats to a small town, but his lovely and charitable neighbor won't stay away, reprint of a 1984 novel. (NYT #10)

Robert Parker. Hundred-Dollar Baby
penser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him. (NYT #6, PW #5)

R. A. Salvatore. Road of the Patriarch
" After aiding King Gareth Dragonsbane by heroically defeating the Witch-King in bestseller Salvatore's Promise of the Witch-King (2005), the human assassin Artemis Entreri and his elven partner in vengeance, Jarlaxle Baenre, face challenges from the evil wizard Knellict, Knellict's Citadel of Assassins and the Dragon sisters in this bloody, brooding sequel." - Publisher's Weekly (NYT #13, PW #9)

Nicholas Sparks. Dear John
When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, John enlisted in the Army after high school. While their love grows, Savannah vows to wait while John finishes his tour of duty. 9/11 changes all that and John must choose between love and country and Savannah must decide to wait or move on. (USA #3)

Danielle Steel. H.R.H.
Christianna, a European princess determined to make a difference in the world, volunteers for the Red Cross in East Africa, struggling to hide her identity from her coworkers. (USA #13)

Nonfiction

Paula H. Deen. Paula Deen Celebrates!
Paula shares with fans old and new how she celebrates a year's worth of holidays and special occasions. (PW #13)

Ina Garten. Barefoot Contessa at Home
Ina shares her life in East Hampton, the recipes she loves, and her secrets to making guests feel welcome and comfortable. (PW #10)

Erik Larson. Thunderstruck
The interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's "great hush". (NYT #8, PW #8)

Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz. You: On a Diet
The betsellering authors of the You series of books, present information on the best way to lose weight. (USA #1)