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PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: September 3, 1995

Published: September 03, 1995

Weeks This On Week List Fiction 1 3 INSOMNIA, by Stephen King. (Signet, $7.50.) A widower and a widow, victims of sleeplessness, behold a sinister force at work in a Maine town. 2 5 THE BODY FARM, by Patricia Cornwell. (Berkley, $6.99.) Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a small North Carolina girl. 3 1 NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, by Sidney Sheldon. (Warner, $6.99.) Three women doctors contend with lovers, betrayers and killers. 4 11 THE ALIENIST, by Caleb Carr. (Bantam, $6.99.) Murder in turn-of-the-century Manhattan. 5 17 THE STONE DIARIES, by Carol Shields. (Penguin, $10.95.) The journey of a woman from childhood to motherhood through old age. 6 10 DEBT OF HONOR, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $7.50.) Jack Ryan vs. a Japanese plot. 7 6 EVERYTHING TO GAIN, by Barbara Taylor Bradford. (Harper Paperbacks, $6.99.) An act of violence destroys a woman's family life. 8 2 THE LAST INNOCENT MAN, by Phillip Margolin. (Bantam, $6.50.) A lawyer defends an attorney who may have killed a vice cop. 9 23 THE CHAMBER, by John Grisham. (Island/Dell, $7.50.) A lawyer represents a racist who is on death row for his part in a 1967 bombing. 10 5 THE 13TH JUROR, by John T. Lescroart. (Island/Dell, $6.50.) A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering two husbands and a son. 11 2 TRUST ME, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Pocket, $6.50.) A canceled wedding leads to a curious romance between the groom and the caterer. 12 2 PLAYING FOR THE ASHES, by Elizabeth George. (Bantam, $6.50.) Arson, infidelity, cricket and murder in the English countryside. 13 1 PRIME TIME, by Sandra Brown. (Warner Vision, $6.50.) A television reporter's attempts to interview a reclusive general unexpectedly bring her love. 14 1 THREE WEDDINGS AND A KISS, by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Catherine Anderson, Loretta Chase and Lisa Kleypas. (Avon, $5.99.) Four short historical romances. 15 6 BORN IN ICE, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $5.99.) An Irishwoman who owns a bed-and-breakfast plays host to a mystery writer from America. Weeks This On Week List NonFiction 1 7 THE HOT ZONE, by Richard Preston. (Anchor/Doubleday, $6.99.) The discovery of the deadly Ebola virus in Virginia and the efforts to keep it from spreading. 2 2 DON'T STAND TOO CLOSE TO A NAKED MAN, by Tim Allen. (Hyperion, $5.99.) Anecdotes and meditations on life by the star of "Home Improvement." 3 10 APOLLO 13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. (Pocket, $6.50.) The 1970 moon mission during which an oxygen tank exploded. 4 23 REVIVING OPHELIA, by Mary Pipher. (Ballantine, $12.50.) The dangers that beset teen-age girls. 5 50 EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT, by Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor. (Bantam, $5.99.) A woman's near-death experience. 6 86 CARE OF THE SOUL, by Thomas Moore. (Harper Perennial, $12.) A psychotherapist discusses spirituality and everyday life. 7 49 HAVING OUR SAY, by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth. (Dell, $5.99.) Two black sisters, both of them over 100, reflect on their lives. 8* 617 THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, by M. Scott Peck. (Touchstone/S&S, $10.95.) Inspiration. (+) 9 129 I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, by Maya Angelou. (Bantam, $4.99.) The poet's depiction of her childhood and adolescence. (+) 10 17 MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, by Hope Edelman. (Delta, $12.95.) The experiences of women after the deaths of their mothers. 11 2 DANGEROUS MINDS, by LouAnne Johnson. (St. Martin's, $4.99.) A woman's experiences teaching English in an inner-city high school. 12* 51 MAMA MAKES UP HER MIND, by Bailey White. (Vintage, $10.) Life in a Georgia town. 13* 38 SOUL MATES, by Thomas Moore. (Harper Perennial, $13.) Love and relationships. 14 48 A HISTORY OF GOD, by Karen Armstrong. (Ballantine, $14.) The development of monotheism over the past 4,000 years. 15* 8 THE CATCHER WAS A SPY, by Nicholas Dawidoff. (Vintage, $13.) The life of Moe Berg, big-league catcher, O.S.S. agent and lady's man. Weeks This On Week List Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous 1 49 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, compiled by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. (Health Communications, $12.95.) Uplifting stories. (+) 2 18 A 2ND HELPING OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, compiled by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. (Health Communications, $12.95.) One hundred more stories. (+) 3 226 THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE, by Stephen R. Covey. (Fireside/S&S, $12.) Principles for success. (+) 4 10 TEN STUPID THINGS WOMEN DO TO MESS UP THEIR LIVES, by Laura C. Schlessinger. (Harper Perennial, $10.) Counsel by a therapist. (+) Rankings reflect sales figures, for the week ending Aug. 19, at 3,050 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 38,000 other retailers, statistically weighted to represent sales in all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders for a book.
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