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May 23, 1999
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This
Week
Best Sellers Plus Weeks
On List
1 THE PILOT'S WIFE, by Anita Shreve. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $13.95.) After learning that a plane flown by her husband has exploded, a woman tries to unravel the secret life he led. 6
2 GENUINE LIES, by Nora Roberts. (Bantam, $7.50.) A biographer has a problem: to reveal or conceal the secrets of a glamorous film actress. 2
3 SUMMER SISTERS, by Judy Blume. (Dell, $7.50.) Two young women from very different backgrounds come of age on Martha's Vineyard. 1
4 YOU BELONG TO ME, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $7.99.) A radio talk-show host attempts to expose a killer who targets lonely women. 5
5 HOMEPORT, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.50.) An art expert's troubles, personal and professional, lead her to seek help from a seductive art thief. 5
6 THE READER, by Bernhard Schlink. (Vintage, $11.) A German high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee. 11
7 NOW YOU SEE HER, by Linda Howard. (Pocket, $6.99.) The life of a young painter takes a strange turn. 2
8 MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, by Arthur Golden. (Vintage, $14.) A young woman in Kyoto has to reinvent herself after World War II begins. First Chapter 16
9 SECRET PREY, by John Sandford. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lucas Davenport pursues the killer of a corporate chairman who was on a hunting trip. 1
10 THE MIDNIGHT CLUB, by James Patterson. (Warner Vision, $6.99.) A New York journalist finds herself threatened by a psychopathic killer. 1
11 ''N'' IS FOR NOOSE, by Sue Grafton. (Fawcett, $7.99.) Kinsey Millhone investigates a cop's death. 5
12 LEGACY OF SILENCE, by Belva Plain. (Dell, $7.99.) Her past haunts a woman who fled to America at the beginning of World War II. 4
13 I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, by Wally Lamb. (Regan Books/HarperPerennial, $16. ) A troubled man must care for his schizophrenic identifical twin brother. First Chapter 4
14 THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT, by Jeffrey Archer. (Harper Paperbacks, $7.99.) A C.I.A. officer must contend with a new enemy, the Director of Central Intelligence. First Chapter 4
15 THE STREET LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Island/Dell, $7.99.) A young lawyer discovers his prestigious firm's dirty secret. 18
16 *DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, by Rebecca Wells. (Harper Perennial, $13.50.) Three generations of Southern women. 66

Also Selling
17 WHERE THE HEART IS, by Billie Letts. (Warner, $12.) A pregnant teen-ager finds help and caring in a small Oklahoma town.
18 THE LONG ROAD HOME, by Danielle Steel. (Dell, $7.99.) A woman who grew up in a fractured family finds the courage to confront the past.
19 THE SECRET WARRIORS, by W.E.B. Griffin. (Jove, $7.50.) Volume two in the "Men At War" saga.
20 TIME TO HUNT, by Stephen Hunter. (Island/Dell, $7.50.) The wife and daughter of a former Marine sharpshooter is stalked by a sniper who once served with him.
21 THE ELUSIVE FLAME, by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. (Avon, $7.50.) Historical romance.
22 LOW COUNTRY, by Anne Rivers Siddons. (Harper Paperbacks, $7.99.) The husband of a South Carolina woman considers turning the island she inherited into a resort.
23 STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace, by Patricia C. Wrede. (Scholastic, $5.99.) How it all began for Anakin Skywalker (a k a Darth Vader); for young readers.
24 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, by Lisa Kleypas. (Avon, $6.99.) Historical romance.
25 AT HOME IN MITFORD, by Jan Karon. (Penguin, $11.95.) Volume 1 of "The Mitford Years," a series about life in a North Carolina town.
26 CHARMING BILLY, by Alice McDermott. (Delta, $12.95.) At a party to celebrate a man's memory, many secrets of the past come to life. First Chapter
27 COAST ROAD, by Barbara Delinsky. (Pocket, $7.99.) A California architect puts his life on hold when his former wife falls into a coma.
28 A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR, by John Irving. (Ballantine, $14.95.) Three looks at the complex emotional life of a writer and single mother. First Chapter
29 THE TIN MAN, by Dale Brown. (Bantam, $6.99.) A retired military hero fights the Aryan Brigade, a gang whose campaign of violence has taken over his town.
30 THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE, by Elizabeth Peters. (Avon/Twilight, $6.99.) An Amelia Peabody mystery set in Edwardian Egypt.
31 NIGHT SECRETS, by Kat Martin. (St. Martin's, $6.99.) Historical romance.
32 STAR WARS X-WING: Isard's Revenge, by Michael A. Stackpole. (Bantam, $5.99.) Book 8 of a science fiction series.
33 SUDDEN MISCHIEF, by Robert B. Parker. (Berkley, $6.99.) The private eye Spenser comes to the aid of his girlfriend's former husband, a shady businessman.
34 MOON OVER WATER, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $6.99.) Contemporary romance.
35 THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER, by Nelson DeMille. (Warner, $7.50.) The investigation of the murder of an officer.



Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 8, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers, statistically weighted to represent all such outlets. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+)indicates that some stores received bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available from The New York Times on the Web: www.nytimes.com/books.

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