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Hardcover Fiction

Week of December 1, 1991

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SCARLETT
Alexandra Ripley
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SCARLETT

by Alexandra Ripley · Warner

16 wks at #1 · 8 on list

Dès les premières pages, les lecteurs et lectrices du chef-d'oeuvre de Margaret Mitchell s'apercevront de la rupture de ton, de style et surtout de la perspective différente de la psychologie des protagonistes. Une suite ratée, ce qui ne l'empêchera pas d'être lue.

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NEEDFUL THINGS
Stephen King
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NEEDFUL THINGS

by Stephen King · Viking Press

7 wks on list

A wonderful new store has opened in Castle Rock, Maine. It's a place where you can get anything your heart desires - sexual pleasure, wealth, power ... but for a nerve-shattering price.

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THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
Tom Clancy
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THE SUM OF ALL FEARS

by Tom Clancy · Putnam

15 wks on list

Gefrustreerde terroristen slagen erin een kernbom te maken en deze tijdens de Superbowl in Amerika te laten afgaan.

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COMEBACK
Dick Francis
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COMEBACK

by Dick Francis · Putnam

5 wks on list
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NIGHT OVER WATER
Ken Follett
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NIGHT OVER WATER

by Ken Follett · Morrow

9 wks on list

On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain declares war on Germany, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southhampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built - the Pan American Clipper - bound for New York.The passengers include a fascist English aristocrat fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a German scientist escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort; a beautiful young woman heading for a new life; and a handsome, charming, unscrupulous thief.They will be in the air for thirty hours, soothed by the carpeted lounges, the curtained beds, the gourmet dining room, and the endless champagne. But once inside the flying palace there is no escape. Over the Atlantic, the Clipper's passengers are gripped by mounting fear and tension as their journey reaches the point of no return.

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REMEMBER
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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REMEMBER

by Barbara Taylor Bradford · Random House

5 wks on list

An electrifying new novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, who demonstrates her superb storytelling gifts in this passionate tale of Nicky Wells. Beautfiul and fabulously successful as a television war correspondent, she deeply mourns the loss of her great love, only to be confronted with disturbing suspicions that this remarkable man led a mysterious double life.... "From the Paperback edition.

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THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY
Sidney Sheldon
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THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY

by Sidney Sheldon · Morrow

12 wks on list

When a mysterious weather balloon crashes to earth in the Swiss Alps, the head of the NSA handpicks Robert Bellamy to track down and identify the ten known witnesses to the event. A man whose obsession with his covert assignments has cost him the only woman he can ever love, Bellamy now faces the impossible. But as he searches for clues from Rome to Budapest to Texas, this mission blows up in his face -- and rips the lid off an incredible conspiracy that stretches around the globe and even into space...Alone and betrayed on every side, Bellamy must run for his life -- holding an astonishing secret and the key to the planet's very survival.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY
Judith Michael
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SLEEPING BEAUTY

by Judith Michael · Poseidon Press

6 wks on list

Judith Michael brings us a mesmerizing story of love, politics, family, and revenge in Sleeping Beauty. She has money, possessions, power. Now love becomes the only measure of success… From a wealthy Chicago suburb to the streets of San Francisco, from Los Angeles to Washington’s treacherous enclaves, from a chic Colorado resort to the site of a fabulous treasure buried in Egypt, Judith Michael brings us a mesmerizing story of love, politics, family and revenge… Anne Garnett is a brilliant Los Angeles divorce lawyer—tough, smart, and untouchable. The vulnerable girl who ran away from her wealthy, influential family is hidden now behind the glossy façade of her high-powered career. Only the death of Anne’s beloved grandfather can bring her back to the town he built—Tamarack, the Colorado playground of the rich and famous. Once there she is drawn again into the tangled passions and fortunes of who betrayed her so long ago… Embraced by a sister’s love, challenged by a man who offers her everything she could want, Anne is confronted once more by Senator Vincent Chatham, the charismatic man who still waits to destroy her. But Anne is no longer a frightened girl. She is a proud, beautiful woman who must release the paralyzing pain of the past and discover her power to win…in a battle for family empire, honor, and the richest treasure of all…a deep, abiding love.

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