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Fiction
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/
TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1
1
9
Remember Me?, by Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $30).
2
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1
Sundays At Tiffany's, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (Little, Brown, $27.99).
3
2
2
The Whole Truth, by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $29.99).
4
5
14
The Appeal, by John Grisham (Doubleday, $33).
5
6
50
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Viking Canada, $34).
6
4
3
Belong To Me, by Marisa De Los Santos (Morrow, $18.95).
7
10
4
Friday Nights, by Joanna Trollope (McArthur & Company, $24.95).
8
8
9
Change Of Heart, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $29.99).
9
9
3
The Miracle At Speedy Motors, by Alexander McCall Smith (Knopf Canada, $29.95).
10
7
6
Lost Souls, by Lisa Jackson (Kensington, $20).
IN PAPER
1
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1
The Good Guy, by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $10.99).
2
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1
Invisible Prey, by John Sandford (Berkley, $10.99).
3
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1
The Hollow, by Nora Roberts (Jove, $8.99).
4
1
4
Simple Genius, by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $11.99).
5
-
1
Pandora's Daughter, by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's, $9.99).
6
2
5
Late Nights On Air, by Elizabeth Hay (McClelland & Stewart, $22).
7
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1
Up Close and Dangerous, by Linda Howard (Ballantine, $10.99).
8
3
4
An Absolute Scandal, by Penny Vincenzi (Headline, $11.99).
9
8
2
Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje (Vintage Canada, $21).
10
6
9
I Heard That Song Before, by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster, $10.99).
Non-Fiction
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/
TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1
1
3
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $23.50).
2
7
2
An Imperfect Offering, by James Orbinski (Doubleday Canada, $35).
3
4
15
In Defense Of Food, by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $26.50).
4
3
5
Home, by Julie Andrews (Hyperion, $28.95).
5
2
6
Who Owns Canada Now, by Diane Francis (HarperCollins Canada, $34.95).
6
-
1
A Wolf At The Table, by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's, $27.95).
7
6
5
Mistaken Identity, by Don and Susie Van Ryn (Simon & Schuster, $24.99).
8
-
1
McMafia, by Misha Glennie (Anansi, $29.95).
9
5
2
Beautiful Boy, by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin, $26.95).
10
-
3
Common Wealth, by Jeffrey Sachs (Penguin, $27.95).
IN PAPER
1
1
63
Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, $18.50).
2
2
8
Marley And Me, by John Grogan (HarperCollins, $14.95).
3
3
6
Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Simon & Schuster, $17.50).
4
4
8
Three Cups Of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin, $18.50).
5
6
24
The Innocent Man, by John Grisham (Dell, $11.99).
6
9
103
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $19).
7
5
34
Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer (Knopf, $17.95).
8
-
2
I Feel Bad About My Neck, by Nora Ephron (Knopf, $14.95).
9
-
2
Prisoner Of Tehran, by Marina Nemat (Penguin Canada, $18).
10
8
18
The Brain That Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge (Penguin, $17.50).
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