Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Best sellers


What's hot in the Tristate

Fiction

1. (1) Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Little Brown; $21.95) Murder victim looks in on family, friends and killer from heaven.

2. (-) The Summons, John Grisham (Dell; $7.99) Brothers summoned home by their father find him dead, with many secrets left behind.

3. (2) Prey, Michael Crichton (HarperCollins; $26.95) Scientist threatened by escaped nanotechnology and internal monsters.

4. (-) Red Rabbit, Tom Clancy (Putnam Publishing Group; $28.95) Jack Ryan has a small role in solving the conspiracy to assassinate the pope.

5. (-) Four Blind Mice, James Patterson ( Little Brown & Co.; $27.95) Alex Cross races to save a death row occupant from the Army conspiracy that put him there.

6. (-) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Sijie Dai (Anchor Books; $10) Best friends condemned to "re-education" find escape in literature.

7. (-) Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (Harper; $13.95) Hostage situation gone awry makes strange bedfellows of captors and captives.

8. (-) The Hours, Michael Cunningham (Picador; $13) Virginia Woolf's life is mirrored by the lives of two of her readers.

9. (-) Basket Case, Carl Hiassen (Warner; $7.99) Journalist relegated to the obit desk has routine research lead to a murder mystery.

10. (-) The Cat Who Went Up The Creek, Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove; $6.99) Qwilleran and his feline cohorts solve murders with their usual grace.

Nonfiction

1. (8) Live from New York, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller (Little Brown & Co.; $25.95) "An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live."

2. (-) The Get With the Program! Guide to Good Eating, Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster; $24) Advice and recipes in the Get With the Program Series.

3. (3) Bush at War, Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster; $28) Review of the first 18 months of the Bush White House.

4. (-) The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen Publishing; $12.95) "A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom."

5. (2) Road to the Fiesta Bowl the Ohio State Buckeyes' 2002 Championship Season, (Epic Sports Classics; $19.95)

6. (-) Catch Me If You Can, Stan Redding and Frank W. Abagnale (Broadway Books; $14.95) "The Amazing True Story of the Most Extraordinary Liar in the History of Fun and Profit."

7. (9) Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, Robert C. Atkins (Avon; $7.99) Low-carbohydrates, high-protein diet tome.

8. (-) Life's Greatest Lessons, Hal Urban (Fireside; $12) "20 Things That Matter."

9. (4) Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Ina Garten (Clarkson N. Potter; $35) "Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family."

10. (-) A Mind At A Time, Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster; $26) Teaching to children's strengths.

Participants: Books & Co. and Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Based on sales ending week of Jan. 5; (-) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week