FICTION Last week/Weeks on list

1. The Deep End of the Ocean, 1 / 7

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

2. The Laws of Our Fathers, 6 / 2

by Scott Turow

3. Desperation, 2 / 5

by Stephen King

4. My Girl Sunday, 5 / 2

by Mary Higgins Clark

5. Executive Orders, 3 /11

by Tom Clancy

6. The Regulators, 4 / 5

by Richard Bachman

7. The Tailor of Panama, 12/ 2

by John le Carre

8. To the Hilt, 7 / 5

by Dick Francis

9. The Notebook, 8 / 3

by Nicholas Sparks

10. Jack and Jill, 9 / 8

by James Patterson

NONFICTION

1. American Tragedy, 14/ 2

by Lawrence Schiller

and James Willwerth

2. The Dilbert Principle, 1 /28

by Scott Adams

3. Slouching Towards 3 / 6

Gomorrah, by Robert H. Bork

4. Dogbert's Top-Secret 2 / 3

Management Handbook,

by Scott Adams

5. Don't Block the Blessings, 4 / 3

by Patti LaBelle

with Laura B. Randolph

6. How Good Do We Have 7 / 7

to Be?, by Harold S. Kushner

7. The Sea Hunters, 8 / 5

by Clive Cussler

and Craig Dirgo

8. Love, Lucy, 6 / 5

by Lucille Ball

with Betty Hannah

9. Angela's Ashes, 10/ 8

by Frank McCourt

10. Unlimited Access, 9 /17

by Gary Aldrich

ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Make the Connection, 1 / 7

by Bob Greene and

Oprah Winfrey

2. Men Are From Mars, 2 /181

Women Are From Venus,

by John Gray

3. The Zone, 3 /34

by Barry Sears

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with Bill Lawren

4. Simple Abundance, 4 /31

by Sara Ban Breathnach

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