Fiction Hardcover
1. COLD MOUNTAIN
By Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly Press $24)
A wounded Civil War soldier’s painstaking odyssey to be reunited with the woman he loves.
2. UNNATURAL EXPOSURE
By Patricia Cornwell (Putnam $25.95)
A Virginia medical examiner tries to contain an unidentified virus.
3. PLUM ISLAND
By Nelson DeMille (Warner $25)
The murder investigation of a couple suspected in germ-warfare research.
4. THE NOTEBOOK
By Nicholas Sparks (Warner $16.95)
World War II veteran rekindles feelings for a former love.
5. SPECIAL DELIVERY
By Danielle Steel (Delacorte $16.95)
A couple finds love in their golden years.
6. THE PARTNER
By John Grisham (Doubleday $26.95)
Huge fortune disappears and a young lawyer leaves his family and flees to Brazil.
7.
LONDON
By Edward Rutherfurd (Crown $25.95)
Two millenniums in the history of a colorful city and six families who have made it their home.
8. THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
By Arundhati Roy (Random House $23)
Set in Kerala, India, in 1969, the beautifully told story of fraternal twins and their family.
9. CHASING CEZANNE
By Peter Mayle (Knopf $23)
The tale of an art theft in the south of France spiced with plenty of discourses on food.
10. SERPENT’S TOOTH
By Faye Kellerman (Morrow $24.50)
Lt. Peter Decker investigates a mass murder and suicide at a trendy L.A. restaurant.
Nonfiction Hardcover
1. ANGELA’S ASHES
By Frank McCourt (Scribner $24)
A memoir of growing up poor in Ireland.
2. THE PERFECT STORM
By Sebastian Junger (Norton $23.95)
A spectacular and true account of men caught in a monstrous storm.
3. INTO THIN AIR
By Jon Krakauer (Villard $24.95)
Journalist recounts 1996 Mt. Everest disaster.
4. THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO HORSES
By Monty Roberts (Random House $23)
A horse trainer’s memoir and his ideas on communication between man and animal.
5. BABYHOOD
By Paul Reiser (Morrow/Rob Weisbach $22)
The “Mad About You” star’s observations on becoming a parent.
6. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
By John Berendt (Random House, $23)
A sensational murder tale set in a Savannah, Ga., mansion.
7. CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 1
By Neale Donald Walsch (Putnam, $19.95)
Essays on good and evil, guilt and sin.
8. SIMPLE ABUNDANCE
By Sarah Ban Breathnach (Warner $20)
For women, a graceful inspirational daily guide.
9. THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR
By Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko (Longstreet $22)
Revelations on how ordinary Americans acquire and maintain their wealth.
10. MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS
By John Gray (HarperCollins $23)
Marriage counselor offers ways to improve communication between men and women.
