Olá Leitores,
Aí vai a lista da semana do jornal
The New York Times, com destaque para o livro de Dean Koontz, em primeiro lugar já na sua primeira participação na lista. Dean Koontz é famoso por escrever livros de suspense.
January 15, 2012
| THIS WEEK | | LAST WEEK | WEEKS
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| 1 | | | 77 SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $28.) A 19th-century tycoon’s mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces. | 1 |
| 2 | | 1 | 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald. | 8 |
| 3 | | 5 | DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Elizabeth Bennet and her husband, Darcy, of "Pride and Prejudice," marry, must deal with a murder. | 4 |
| 4 | | 4 | LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general. | 3 |
| 5 | | 3 | KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $28.99.) Alex Cross investigates when the president’s children are kidnapped, but the F.BI. and C.I.A. stand in his way. | 7 |
| 6 | * | 2 | THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case. | 10 |
| 7 | | 6 | THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman return to their North Carolina town. | 12 |
| 8 | | 7 | RED MIST, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) The chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a string of killings linked to the murder of her former deputy. | 4 |
| 9 | | 10 | THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. | 72 |
| 10 | | 8 | EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam, $28.) After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer. | 6 |
| 11 | * | | DOWN THE DARKEST ROAD, by Tami Hoag. (Dutton, $26.95.) The residents of a California town in the mid-’80s continue to grapple with a killer; the third book in a series. | 1 |
| 12 | | 11 | THE DROP, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Harry Bosch of the L.A.P.D. uncovers both the operations of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy. | 5 |
| 13 | | 13 | MICRO, by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston. (Harper/HarperCollins, $28.99.) Graduate students miniaturized by an evil entrepreneur do battle in the Hawaiian rain forest. | 6 |
| 14 | | | COVERT WARRIORS, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. (Putnam, $27.95.) Charley Castillo and his men investigate when the Russians and Chinese become involved in a Caribbean nation. | 1 |
| 15 | | 15 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam, $35.) After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire." | 24 |
| 16 | * | | D. C. DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $26.95.) The president calls Stone Barrington to Washington to undertake a special investigation with his old partner Holly Barker. | 1 |
A version of this list appears in the January 15, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending December 31, 2011.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.
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