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Best-Sellers - The New York Times 29/01/12

Olá leitores,

A lista desta semana está cheia de novidades. O primeiro lugar da semana vai para o livro de Elizabeth George, que se trata de uma investigação policial. Este estilo parece estar em alta ultimamente.


January 29, 2012
THIS WEEK  LAST WEEKHARDCOVER FICTIONWEEKS
ON LIST
1BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George. (Dutton, $28.95.) Inspector Thomas Lynley’s investigation of a murder unearths the secrets of a wealthy clan.
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21PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) When a former lover’s dead body is found in his bed, Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.2
3GIDEON'S CORPSE, by Douglas Preston. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Gideon Crew works to avoid a threatened terrorist attack on an American city.1
4STAR WARS: DARTH PLAGUEIS, by James Luceno. (LucasBooks, $27.) The Sith legend of Darth Plagueis, the most powerful Dark Lord of the Sith, who could keep the ones he cared about from dying; a “Star Wars” novel.1
5*3DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Elizabeth Bennet and her husband, Darcy, of "Pride and Prejudice," must deal with a murder.6
6411/22/63, 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.10
77THE 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.74
8*COPPER BEACH, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, $25.95.) Amy Radwell, whose psychic talent enables her to understand the paranormal secrets in rare books, becomes the target of a blackmailer. The first book in a new series about rare books and psychic codes.1
9LOTHAIRE, by Kresley Cole. (Gallery Books, $25.) A ruthless vampire captures a young mortal woman, intending to sacrifice her, but is torn when he falls in love.1
108THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case.12
116LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.5
122LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) A former magazine editor attempts to turn her parents’ summer house into a bed-and-breakfast.2
13*577 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.3
149THE 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.14
1510KILL 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.9

Also Selling

  1. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin (Bantam)
  2. EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)
  3. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
  4. THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
  5. RED MIST, by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
  6. THE DROP, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
  7. MICRO, by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (Harper/HarperCollins)
  8. THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)
  9. A DEVIL IS WAITING, by Jack Higgins (Putnam)
  10. THE MARRIAGE PLOT, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  11. COVERT WARRIORS, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam)
  12. D.C. DEAD, by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
  13. THE HUNTER, by John Lescroart (Dutton)
  14. THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON, by Adam Johnson (Random House)
  15. 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (Knopf)
  16. GUN GAMES, by Faye Kellerman (Morrow)
  17. THE JAGUAR, by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton)
  18. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
  19. STATE OF WONDER, by Ann Patchett (Harper/HarperCollins)
  20. BREAKDOWN, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the January 29, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 14, 2012.
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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