Best Sellers

BOOKS - BEST SELLERS

April 6, 1997

Last week/ Weeks on list

Fiction

1. The Partner, by John Grisham (Doubleday, $26.95). A fugitive lawyer faces charges of theft and murder.

1

5

2. 3001: The Final Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke (Del Rey, $25). Restored to life after a millennium, astronaut Frank Poole resumes his space voyage.

2

5

3. Evening Class, by Maeve Binchy (Delacorte, $24.95). Dubliners come together for a night course in Italian.

3

6

4. A Thin Dark Line, by Tami Hoag (Bantam, $22.95). Deputy Annie Broussard tracks a killer in the Louisiana bayous.

9

3

5. The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner, $16.95). An old man recounts the story of the love of his life.

6

25

6. Total Control, by David Baldacci (Warner, $25). A woman investigates a plane crash in which her husband reportedly died.

5

11

7. Chromosome 6, by Robin Cook (Putnam, $24.95). A forensic pathologist discovers a sinister cabal practicing unorthodox surgery.

7

2

8. Sanctuary, by Nora Roberts (Putnam, $23.95). A photographer tries to escape a stalker by returning to the inn run by her estranged family.

8

2

9. Sole Survivor, by Dean Koontz (Knopf, $25). A man tracks a woman who survived a plane crash that killed his family.

4

8

10. Hornet's Nest, by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam, $25.95). Drama in a North Carolina police department.

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9

Nonfiction

1. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, by Andrew Weil, M.D. (Knopf, $23). A week-by-week program to enhance the body's natural healing powers.

2

4

2. Angela's Ashes,by Frank McCourt (Scribner, $24). A memoir of an impoverished Irish childhood.

1

21

3. Simple Abundance,by Sara Ban Breathnach (Warner, $17.95). Advice for women seeking to improve the way they look at themselves and the world.

3

51

4. Mastering the Zone, by Barry Sears (HarperCollins, $22). More advice on ways to enhance mental and physical health.

6

25

5. The Arthritis Cure, by J. Theodosakis, B. Adderly and B. Fox (St. Martin's, $22.95). Nutritional advice for combating osteoarthritis.

7

11

6. The Gift of Peace, by Joseph Cardinal Bernadin (Loyola Press, $17.95). Reflections by the late archbishop of Chicago.

8

7

7. Make the Connection, by Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey (Hyperion, $18.95). A personal fitness regime.

5

24

8. Murder in Brentwood, by Mark Furhman (Regnery, $24.95). The former Los Angeles detective tells of his role in the O.J. Simpson case.

4

6

9. The Zone, by Barry Sears and Bill Lawren (HarperCollins, $22). Diets to prevent disease and enhance mental health.

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42

10. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray (HarperCollins, $20). A self-help guide to relationships.

10

187

Ranking is from Publishers Weekly. Synopses are from The New York Times News Service.

Critics' choices

These books not on the best-seller list have been recommended recently by an Orlando Sentinel reviewer.

A Booke of Days, by Stephen J. Rivele (Carroll & Graf, $24): A moving and intelligent first novel about a medieval duke's participation in the First Crusade. (reviewed 330)

The Echo, by Minette Walters (Putnam, $23.95): Ambiguity clouds this absorbing mystery that hinges on the identity of a homeless man. (316)

Upcoming

Thursday in Living: Audio books columnist Sandy Bauers reviews the first in a series of Westerns produced by Audio Literature, The Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams (3 hours, $17.95).

Friday in Calendar: Listings of literary events.

Next Sunday: Nicholas Basbanes reviews new books for children and young adults.

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