| Fiction |
weeks on list |
| 1. |
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. |
12 |
| 2. |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $34.99) Dark and dangerous, Harry's saga comes to a close. |
3 |
| 3. |
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva (Putnam: $25.95) Israeli intelligence agent Gabriel Allon seeks a young woman kidnapped by terrorists. |
2 |
| 4. |
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster: $26) The line between survival and criminality is blurred in post-Katrina New Orleans. |
3 |
| 5. |
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown: $27.99) A detective with a cheating husband is caught in a web of revenge. |
5 |
| 6. |
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $22) A couple face a cruel reality on their wedding night. |
10 |
| 7. |
Peony in Love by Lisa See (Random House: $23.95) A 17th century Chinese girl who dies before she can marry tells her story from the netherworld. |
6 |
| 8. |
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard (HarperCollins: $24.95) A bohemian explores her feelings after her husband moves to Maine with another woman. |
6 |
| 9. |
The Judas Strain by James Rollins (William Morrow: $25.95) Members of the Sigma Force fight an ancient plague, which takes the form of a cryptogram. |
5 |
| 10. |
In at the Death by Harry Turtledove (Del Rey: $26.95) The Confederates surrender to the Union to end World War II in this alternate history. |
1 |
| 11. |
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (Crown: $24.95) The story of the bewitching queen who altered the course of Egyptian history. |
1 |
| 12. |
Sammy's House by Kristin Gore (Hyperion: $24.95) A White House aide copes with all manner of crises, including a president who is sneaking whiskey. |
1 |
| 13. |
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde (Viking: $24.95) The literary detective tries to prevent classic works of literature from being turned into reality shows. |
1 |
| 14. |
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins: $26.95) Murder mystery meets alternate history in an Alaska gone Yiddish. |
15 |
| 15. |
Buddha by Deepak Chopra (HarperSanFrancisco: $24.95) ) A tale of how the Indian prince Siddhartha abandons his inheritance and becomes the Buddha. |
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