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PAPERBACK FICTION BESTSELLERS LIST
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EAST
OF EDEN, by John Steinbeck. (Penguin, $16 and $14.)
A reworking of the story of Cain and Abel, Steinbeck's classic
novel, first published in 1952, recounts the brutal dissolution
of a California family. |
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THE
SHELTERS OF STONE, by Jean M. Auel. (Bantam, $7.99.)
Love and danger in a prehistoric society; the latest volume
in a series that began with "The Clan of the Cave Bear." |
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ELEVENTH
HOUR, by Catherine Coulter. (Jove, $7.99.) When
his identical twin brother, a priest, is murdered, an F.B.I.
agent searches for the killer. |
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KILLJOY, by
Julie Garwood. (Ballantine, $7.99.) A crime analyst for the F.B.I.
tries to rescue her aunt from the clutches of a fiendishly brilliant
killer. |
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WHEN
IT RAINS, by Marjorie Spoto. (Weaver Books,
$14.95.) Their mother died from
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), now six years later, three
distant sisters, Catherine, Charlie, and Iris are brought
back together when Charlie stands her fiancé up
at the altar for no apparent reason. |
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AN ACCIDENTAL WOMAN, by
Barbara Delinsky. (Pocket Books, $7.99.) The residents of a quiet
New Hampshire town are stunned when a local woman is taken into
custody by the F.B.I. |
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TO SIR PHILLIP, WITH
LOVE, by Julia Quinn. (Avon, $6.99.) In 19th-century
England, an unlikely romance develops between a beauty and
a brute. |
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THE SECRET LIFE OF
BEES, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Penguin, $14.) In South Carolina
in 1964, a teenage girl tries to discover the secret to her
mother's past. |
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TOM CLANCY'S OP-CENTER:
SEA OF FIRE, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
Written by Jeff Rovin. (Berkley, $7.99.) A multinational corporation
is caught selling nuclear waste to a terrorist. |
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NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, by
Nicholas Sparks. (Warner, $12.) After her husband leaves her
for someone younger, a 45-year-old woman finds romance in a small
town on the North Carolina coast. |
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