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Tuesday, January 30, 2001

Tristate best sellers list




FICTION

(This week/Last week)

        1. (2) Brethren, John Grisham (Island Books; $7.99) Three disgraced former judges in federal prison and their machinations.

        2. (8) Fortune's Rocks, Anita Shreve (Back Bay Books; $13.95) Story of passion and scandal at the end of the 19th century.

        3. (3) House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus (Vintage; $14) Latest Oprah Book Club pick. Three fragile and determined people relentlessly entangled in an escalating crisis.

        4. (4) O Is for Outlaw, Sue Grafton (Ballantine; $7.99) Millhone tries to clear ex-husband's name.

        5. (7) The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier. (Plume; $12) Novel uses Vermeer's portrait as starting point.

        6. (6) Heart of the Sea, Nora Roberts. (Jove; $7.99) Concludes the romantic Irish trilogy.

        7. (9) Back Roads, Tawni O'Dell (Penguin; $7.99) Another Oprah pick. Young man raises his sisters; mom in jail for killing dad.

        8. (-) The Scottish Bride, Catherine Coulter (Jove; $7.99) Historical love story.

        9. (-) The Cat Who Robbed a Bank, Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove; $6.99). Qwilleran and his cats investigate the murder of a jewel dealer.

        10.(-) A Day Late and a Dollar Short, Terry McMillan (Viking; $25.95). Centers on working-class matriarch, her estranged husband and their four grown children.

NON-FICTION

(This week/Last week)

        1. (-) Life Without Limits: Clarify What You Want, Redefine Your Dreams, Become the Person You Want to Be, Lucinda Bassett (Cliff Street Books; $24)

        2. (1) An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster; $26) Former president writes about growing up on a Georgia farm.

        3. (4) Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson (Putnam; $19.95) Dealing with change at work and in life.

        4. (-) Diversity Blues How to Shake 'Em, Gladys Gossett Hankins (TelvicPress; $14.95) Examines the subtleties of continued racism and sexism in corporate America.

        5. (-) I Like Being Catholic: Treasured Rituals, Traditions and Stories, Michael Leach and Therese Johnson Borchard (Doubleday; $19.95).

        6. (—) The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly (Broadway; $23) The Good, the Bad and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life.

        7. From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life (Quill; $13).

        8. (8) A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Anna Quindlen (Random House; $12.95) Reflections on living a full life.

        9. (—) The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford (Riverhead; $13). How to reclaim power, creativity, brilliance, dreams.

        10.(7) The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen; $12.95) A surgeon by training turns from science and concentrates on his spirituality.

        About the list: Participants: Books & Co., Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Based on book sales ending week of Jan. 20 (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.



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