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FICTION
(This week/Last week)
1. (1) We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates (Plume, $13.95). The disintegration of a family after a daughter is raped; current Oprah's Book Club selection.
2. (3) Brethren, John Grisham (Island Books; $7.99). Three disgraced former judges in federal prison and their machinations.
3. (2) 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. (-) Lost and Found, Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam; $23.95). Romantic thriller finds a young art and antiques expert in love with one of her clients, the owner of a company that finds collectibles for the wealthy.
5. (5) The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (Picador, $14). New view of Dinah, who appears briefly in the Book of Genesis.
6. (-) The Cat Who Smelled A Rat, Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam; $23.95). Qwilleran, Koko, and Yum Yum solve arson and murder while wintering in Pickax.
7.(7) The Cat Who Robbed a Bank, Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove; $6.99). Qwilleran and his cats investigate the murder of a jewel dealer.
8. (4) The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume; $12). Novel uses Vermeer's portrait as starting point.
9.(-) City of God, E.L. Doctorow (Plume; $13.00). Author explores “our wrecked romance with God” with the Big Bang, a Divinity Detective, Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Frank Sinatra.
10.(6) The Attorney, Steve Martini (Jove, $7.99). Paul Madriani is back, taking on the case of an elderly man in terrible straits.
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(This week/Last week)
1. (2) The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, Jill Conner Browne (Three Rivers Press, $12). The original adventures of the bawdy Jackson, Miss., bunch.
2. (-) What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up, Dorothy Cantor (Little Brown & Company,$22.95). A guide to changing direction and careers in midlife.
3. (4) Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson (Putnam; $19.95). Dealing with change at work and in life.
4. (1) God Save the Sweet Potato Queens, Jill Conner Browne (Three Rivers Press, $12.95). Naughty ladies of Jackson, Miss., share feisty stories of men, sex, alcohol, and food.
5. (3) 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.
6. (—) Colors of The Mountain, Da Chen (Anchor Books; $13). Coming-of-age story about growing up in China during Mao's Cultural Revolution.
7. (6) Ice Bound, Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax Books, $23.95). Memoir: Doctor, stationed in Antarctica, battles breast cancer.
8. (-) Ritalin Is Not the Answer: A Drug-Free Practical Program For Children Diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, David B. Stein PhD. (Jossey-Bass; $15).
9. (8) Big Pig Gig Celebrating Pigs in the City, foreword by Laura Pulfer (Orange Frazer Press; $34.95). Descriptions and color photos of all the “piggies” that were on display as of July 15.
10.(-) An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster; $26) Former president writes about growing up on a Georgia farm.
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