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Fiction
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/
TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
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1
3
Exit Music, by Ian Rankin (Orion, $24.95).
2
4
2
The World Without End, by Ken Follett (Dutton, $42).
3
2
4
Playing For Pizza, by John Grisham (Doubleday, $26.95).
4
3
22
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Viking Canada, $34).
5
5
3
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event, by James Cobb (Grand Central, $21.99).
6
-
1
The Chameleon's Shadow, by Minette Walters (Macmillan, $22.95).
7
-
1
Pandora's Daughter, by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's, $29.95).
8
6
4
The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $28.99).
9
7
9
Lord John And The Brotherhood Of The Blade, by Diana Gabaldon (Doubleday Canada, $34).
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8
8
Bones To Ashes, by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster, $$29.99).
IN PAPER
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1
3
Cross, by James Patterson (Grand Central, $11.99).
2
2
3
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez (Vintage, $19.95).
3
3
3
H.R.H, by Danielle Steel (Dell, $10.99).
4
4
3
True Evil, by Greg Iles (Pocket, $12.99).
5
-
120
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Husseini (Anchor Canada, $21).
6
6
59
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $18.50).
7
5
6
What Came Before He Shot Her, by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $10.99).
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7
2
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory (Simon & Schuster, $10.99).
9
-
1
Crusader Gold, by David Gibbins (Bantam, $10.99).
10
9
5
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Vintage Canada, $22).
Non-Fiction
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/
TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1
1
2
I Am America (And So Can You), by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central, $29.99).
2
-
1
My Years As Prime Minister, by Jean Chrétien (Knopf Canada, $39.99).
3
-
1
Hitman, by Bret Hart (Random House Canada, $35).
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3
4
Rick Mercer Report, by Rick Mercer (Doubleday Canada, $29.95).
5
4
7
Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein (Knopf Canada, $36.95).
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7
2
Clapton, by Eric Clapton (Random House, $34).
7
6
6
Memoirs, by Brian Mulroney (McClelland & Stewart, $50).
8
2
5
Age Of Turbulence, by Alan Greenspan (Penguin, $42).
9
5
2
Celebrity Detox, by Rosie O'Donnell (Grand Central, $27.99).
10
10
7
Giving, by Bill Clinton (Random House, $29.95).
IN PAPER
1
1
35
Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, $18.50).
2
2
6
Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer (Anchor $17.95).
3
3
3
My Point ... And I Do Have One, by Ellen DeGeneres (Bantam, $17).
4
5
75
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $19).
5
6
19
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $19.99).
6
7
3
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday Canada, $22).
7
8
7
This Is Your Brain On Music, by Daniel Levitin (Plume, $18.50).
8
-
1
The White Masai, by Corinne Hofmann (HarperCollins, $17.50).
9
4
11
The World Is Flat, by Thomas L Friedman (Douglas & McIntyre, $18.99).
10
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253
Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom (Anchor, $9.99).
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