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New York Times^® Bestseller List

• Week of December 28, 2008

1.

Scarpetta

by Patricia Cornwell
Putnam
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The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta takes an assignment in New York City.

2.

The Christmas Sweater

by Glenn Beck
Threshold Editions
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A boy learns from his disappointment with his mother’s gift.

3.

Cross Country

by James Patterson
Little, Brown & Company
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Alex Cross chases the leader of a lethal teenage gang.

4.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski
Ecco
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A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s murder.

5.

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company
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Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.

New York Times^® Bestseller List

• Week of December 28, 2008
  

6.

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King
Scribner
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Short stories blending fantasy and psychological realism.

7.

Arctic Drift

by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
Putnam
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In his 20th adventure, Dirk Pitt searches for a crucial element that will help reverse global warming.

8.

The Lucky One

by Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing
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A marine returning home sets out to find the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.

9.

The Hour I First Believed

by Wally Lamb
Harper
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A man reconstructs five generations of family history and secrets from a cache of old diaries and letters.

10.

A Mercy

by Toni Morrison
Knopf
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In 17th-century America, a slave mother urges a Northern farmer to buy her daughter so that she can have a better life.