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Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 27, 1988

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PRESUMED INNOCENT
Scott Turow
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PRESUMED INNOCENT

by Scott Turow · Farrar, Straus & Giroux

40 wks on list

Hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades, PRESUMED INNOCENT brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trial--including his own life. It's a book that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder, as well as the hidden depths of the human heart. And it will hold you and haunt you...long after you have reached its shattering conclusion.

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THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
Stephen King
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THE TOMMYKNOCKERS

by Stephen King · Putnam

18 wks on list

Roberta Anderson, while searching for firewood in the forest, stumbles upon a buried ship and with the help of her onetime lover, Jim Gardener, excavates an artifact that changes the townspeople of Haven.

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INHERITANCE
Judith Michael

INHERITANCE

by Judith Michael · Poseidon Press

2 wks on list

When Laura Fairchild goes to work for the wealthy Salingers of Boston, she finds love and luxury, only to lose everything when the secret of her past is revealed.

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PATRIOT GAMES
Tom Clancy
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PATRIOT GAMES

by Tom Clancy · Putnam

17 wks on list
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2061: Odyssey Three
Arthur C. Clarke

2061: Odyssey Three

by Arthur C. Clarke · Del Rey/Ballantine

Travel by wire -- Retreat from Earth -- The awakening -- Whacky -- Castaway -- History lesson -- Hide and seek -- Second dawn -- The sentinel -- The star -- Refugee.

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John Updike

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by John Updike · Knopf

1 wks on list

New Englander Sarah Worth goes west to join a Hindu commune in Arizona. There she mingles with the other sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve salvation and release from illusion.

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MORTAL FEAR
Robin Cook
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MORTAL FEAR

by Robin Cook · Putnam

9 wks on list
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LIGHTNING
Dean R. Koontz
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LIGHTNING

by Dean R. Koontz · Putnam

10 wks on list

Now repackaged, this Koontz classic features a new Afterword by the author. When a bolt of lighting brings a blond-headed stranger into Laura Shane's life, she wonders if he's the guardian angel he seems--or the devil in disguise. Reissue.

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WINTERS' TALES
Jonathan Winters
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WINTERS' TALES

by Jonathan Winters · Random House

The most original and influential comic mind of our generation gives us a rollicking tour of his expansive imagination. Alongside the hilarity are intimate, revealing, and poignant recollections of childhood's pains and lost love, as well as remarkable illustrations from Winters' accomplished, surreal pen. Line drawings.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.