![]() SPECIMEN DAYS, Michael Cunningham (Picador 320 pages $14): Three stories spanning centuries are linked by three characters by the author of "A Home at the End of the World". SNOW FLOWER & THE SECRET FAN, Lisa See ( Random House 265 pages $26.95): The restricted world of women in 19th century China is seen through the experience of two lifelong friends. GILEAD, Marilynne Robinson (Picador 256 pages $14): A small-town minister looks back on his life and confronts the son of an old friend by the author of 'Housekeeping' NEVER LET ME GO, Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage 304 pages $14): The very strange goings-on among students at a boarding school in the English countryside from the author of the Booker Prize-winning "The Remains of the Day". ![]() SATURDAY, Ian McEwan (Anchor 304 pages $14.95): A day in the life of a respected, comfortable London neurosurgeon goes dark and chilling after an early-morning encounter with danger from the author of "Atonement". THE DA VINCI CODE, Dan Brown (Anchor 496 pages $7.99): A murder in the Louvre leads a sleuth toward a labyrinthine, millennia-old conspiracy. chance rooftop meeting leads them to form an oddball family. THE HISTORY OF LOVE, Nicole Krauss (Norton 272 pages $13.95): A sweeping novel of love, a lifetime spent searching, and an aging man.s quest to restore his vitality.Ī LONG WAY DOWN, Nick Hornby (RiverHead 352 pages $14): Four down-on-their-luck strangers. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY, Madeleine Albright ( HarperCollins 352 pages $25.95): The former secretary of state calls for a greater American respect for the influence and relevance of religion.ĭISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE, Anderson Cooper MY LIFE IN FRANCE, Julia Child and Alex Prud.homme (Knopf 336 pages $25.95): A memoir of the iconographic chef and author's early experiences with French culture and cuisine. Martin.s 304 pages $25.95): This collection of essays from the author of "Running With Scissors" follows the writer's attempts to navigate his addictions. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS, Augusten Burroughs (St. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, Michael Pollan (Penguin 464 pages $26.95): UC Berkeley Professor Michael Pollan examines what he considers America's unhealthy food culture. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.ĭIGGING TO AMERICA, Anne Tyler (Knopf 277 pages $24.95): A chance meeting of two adoptive families leads to a long friendship, threatening the stable, private rhythms of a woman's life.ĪBSURDISTAN, Gary Shteyngart (Random 352 pages $24.95): From the author of "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" comes this comic tale of a manic, arrogant Russian heir denied re-entry into the United States after his father's funeral. THE HARD WAY, Lee Child ( Delacorte 384 pages $25): The 10th Jack Reacher novel finds the former Army cop helping a sinister Special Forces officer track down his missing daughter.īLUE SHOES & HAPPINESS, Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon 240 pages $21.95): The seventh in the No. ![]() ![]() SUITE FRANCAISE, Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf 395 pages $25): Two novellas about life in Paris during the Nazi occupation, by a Russian immigrant who died in Auschwitz.ĮVERYMAN, Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin 182 pages $24): A recently deceased man looks backward through his life, uncovering resentments, triumphs and failures along the way.ĪDVERBS, Daniel Handler (Ecco 288 pages $23.95): Sixteen intersecting tales come together in a novel about love by the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. (see chart below) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST-SELLERS
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