FICTION1 SILENT JOE by T. Jefferson...

FICTION

1 SILENT JOE by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion: $23.95) A young sheriff’s deputy, his face horribly scarred, uncovers his mysterious past when he hunts the killers of his adopted father.

Last Week: 4; Weeks On List: 4

2 DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) Four boyhood friends return to a cabin in the Maine woods to recall old times and face horrifying body snatchers.

Last Week: 9; Weeks On List: 6

3 DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS by P.D. James (Alfred A. Knopf: $25) In East Anglia, a theological college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder.

Last Week: 1; Weeks On List: 3

4 A COMMON LIFE by Jan Karon (Viking: $24.95) The villagers in Mitford celebrate, from pre-nup counseling to the walk down the aisle, when Father Tim marries his next-door neighbor.

Last Week: 2; Weeks On List: 4

5 THE BONESETTER’S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam: $25.95) A ghostwriter uncovers her family’s anguished past in China as her mother struggles with Alzheimer’s disease.

Last Week: 5; Weeks On List: 11

6 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon (Random House: $26.95) In World War II Brooklyn, two Jewish cousins break into the comic book business.

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7 POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (Putnam: $23.95) The 28th Spenser novel finds the private investigator in Potshot, Ariz., a former mining town reborn as a millionaires’ retreat.

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8 A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) Tensions between two groups of farm workers result in a brutal murder in this tale of an Arkansas boyhood in 1952.

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9 1st TO DIE by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $26.95 ) Four female professionals dubbed “The Women’s Murder Club” track a killer with a penchant for newlyweds.

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10 THE LOST DAUGHTER OF HAPPINESS by Geling Yan (Hyperion: $22.95) The fictionalized story of Fusang, a Chinese prostitute in 1870s San Francisco who became a minor celebrity.

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11 A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $25.95) A retired FBI agent teams with an LAPD homicide detective to investigate a series of ritual killings.

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12 RESURRECTING MINGUS by Jenoyne Adams (The Free Press: $23 ) In the aftermath of her parents’ divorce, a young attorney strives to find her own identity.

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13 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster: $26) In a sleepy resort town, an attorney believes that a serial killer from a century ago has returned.

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14 THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown: $24.95) Two poets sustain a lifelong passion though they’ve been together only three times.

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15 A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan (Viking: $25.95) A matriarch, her husband and her children see life--and one another--on their own terms.

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NONFICTION

1 THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER by Christopher Hitchens (Verso: $22) Hitchens argues that Kissinger committed crimes against humanity and should stand trial under international law.

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2 SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House: $24.95) How three men transformed a thoroughbred horse from a neurotic also-ran into an American sports icon.

Last Week: 2; Weeks On List: 9

3 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) The coauthor of “The One Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to show people how to manage change.

Last Week: 4; Weeks On List: 59

4 FOUNDING BROTHERS by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf: $26 ) The lives of America’s founders, their squabbles and collaborations, long before they were deified in history books.

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5 FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin: $25) A journalist exposes the fast-food industry’s strategies, from meatpacking to the boardroom, to control American consumers.

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6 SHEBA by Nicholas Clapp (Houghton Mifflin: $26) The filmmaker and archeologist goes in search of the legendary queen of the desert, who may or may not have been fictional.

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7 A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $12.95) The columnist reflects on what it takes to “get a life” by living deeply rather than merely existing.

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8 AMERICAN TERRORIST by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck (ReganBooks: $26.95) Timothy McVeigh and the story of the Oklahoma City bombing six years ago.

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9 THE O’REILLY FACTOR by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway Books: $23) The TV pundit pontificates on the good, the bad and the completely ridiculous in American life.

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10 COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Ruth Reichl (Random House: $24.95) Personal and professional anecdotes from a life lived as a chef and food writer.

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11 RAISING FENCES by Michael Datcher (Putnam: $23.95) A poet’s memoir of his chaotic childhood in the inner city of L.A. and an impassioned indictment of absentee fathers.

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12 NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY by George Carlin (Hyperion: $22.95) The comedian offers a series of meditations on life’s annoying universal truths.

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13 BAREFOOT CONTESSA PARTIES! by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter: $32.50) Details on how to plan 16 theme parties, four for each season, from hors d’oeuvres to dessert.

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14 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95) A sportswriter’s story of the life lessons he received during weekly visits to an older dying friend.

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15 UNHOLY GHOST by Nell Casey (William Morrow: $23) A collection of 22 essays by contemporary writers about coping with and trying to understand clinical depression.

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PAPERBACKS

FICTION

1 BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY by Helen Fielding (Penguin: $12.95) A thirtysomething Londoner’s quest for a mate.

2 GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier (Plume: $12) The woman who inspired a Vermeer painting.

3 KELLY’S QUEST by Buddy Ebsen (1st Books Library: $17.10) A female Hollywood stagehand finds love.

4 ANIL’S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje (Vintage: $13) An anthropologist investigates murder in Ceylon.

5 INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner: $12) Stories of love and loss mingle with Indian customs.

6 HORSE HEAVEN by Jane Smiley (Ballantine: $14.95) Lives of the trainers, jockeys and aficionados of the sport of kings.

7 BEFORE I SAY GOOD-BYE by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket: $7.99) A woman probes her late husband’s murky past.

8 THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant (Picador USA: $14) The blossoming of Dinah, Jacob’s only daughter, in Genesis.

9 IN AMERICA by Susan Sontag (Picador USA: $14) A Polish actress on the frontier in 19th century America.

10 TULIP FEVER by Deborah Moggach (Delta: $12.95) In 17th century Amsterdam, people are ruled by their passions. Southern California

NONFICTION

1 THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: TRAVEL by J. Piven & D. Borgenicht (Chronicle: $14.95)

2 THE DEAD ALIVE AND BUSY by Alan Shapiro (University of Chicago Press: $14) A volume of poems about life and grief.

3 A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers (Vintage: $14) A 22-year-old raises his brother.

4 RICH DAD, POOR DAD by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Techpress: $15.95) Adventures in fiscal parenting.

5 THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht (Chronicle: $14.95) S-O-S!

6 THE GHOSTS OF ECHO PARK by Ron Emler (Echo Park Publishing: $15) A pictorial history of the neighborhood.

7 INVISIBLE TENDER by Jennifer Clarvoe (Fordham University Press: $12.95) Poems of childhood joy and adult loss.

8 A CHILD CALLED “IT” by Dave Pelzer (Health Communications: $9.95) A memoir of life with a sadistic mother.

9 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler (Villard: $12.95) The award-winning play in book form.

10 GETTING OVER IT by Anna Maxted (ReganBooks: $14) A telephone call interrupts a young woman’s life of frivolity.