Fiction (This week/Last week)         1. (2) Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, James Patterson (Little Brown & Co.; $22.95) Ex-lover leaves his first wife's diary to explain himself after the breakup.         2. (—) Drowning Ruth, Christina Schwarz (Doubleday; $23.95) Woman's plan to recuperate at home go astray (Oprah's Book Club).         3. (4) Plantation — A Low Country Tale, Dorothea Benton Frank (Jove Publications; $6.99) Romance explores South Carolina Low Country and complex family issues.         4. (10) Big Stone Gap, Adriana Trigiani (Ballantine Books; $12.95) Ave Maria Mulligan declares herself a spinster at 35.         5.(6) The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume; $12) Novel uses Vermeer's portrait as a starting point.         6. (—) The Curse of Chalion: A Novel, Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos; $25) Crippled medieval soldier must battle his disability and court intrigue.         7. (—) The Fourth Hand, John Irving (Random House; $26.95) A donor, recipient, surgeon, Green Bay Packers fan and the left hand that brings them together.         8. (3) The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (Picador; $14) New view of Dinah, who appears briefly in the Book of Genesis.         9. (—) Tell No One: A Novel, Harlan Coben (Dell Pub Co.; $22.95) Rebuilt life unravels as David Beck backtracks over the events surrounding his wife's murder.         10. (8) The Rescue, Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books; $7.50) A car crash opens the door to rescue, both physical and emotional.

Non-fiction (This week/Last week)         1. (4) The Road to Wealth, Suze Orman (Riverhead Books; $29.95) Subtitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money.”         2. (—) Duty, Bob Greene (Harperperennial Library; $14) Subtitled “A Father, His Son and the Man Who Won the War”.         3. (1) John Adams, David McCullough (Simon & Schuster; $35) Biography of the second American president.         4. (3) The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah; $9.99) Subtitled “Breaking Through to the Blessed Life.”         5. (—) Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson (Putnam; $19.95) Dealing with change at work and in life.         6. (—) Past Lives, Future Healing, Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison (Penguin USA; $24.95) Subtitled “A Psychic Reveals the Secrets to Good Health and Great Relationships.”         7. (—) I Hope You Dance, Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers (Rutledge Hill Press; $13.99) Gift book based on the Country Music Association song of the year.         8. (8) Royal Babylon, Karl Shaw (Broadway Books; $12.95) Subtitled “The Alarming History of European Royalty.”         9. (—) Causing a Stir, Junior League (Junior League of Dayton; $22.95) Dayton Junior League cookbook.         10. (—) The Soul of a Chef, Michael Ruhlman (Penguin USA;$15) Subtitled “The Journey Toward Perfection.”

        About the list: Participants: Books & Co., Joseph Beth Booksellers and Montgomery Book Co.. Based on sales ending week of Aug. 11. (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.

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