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Week of October 15, 2000

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THE RESCUE
Nicholas Sparks
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THE RESCUE

by Nicholas Sparks · Warner

2 wks at #1 · 2 on list

One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.

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THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON
Tom Clancy
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THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON

by Tom Clancy · Putnam

6 wks on list

Time and again, Tom Clancy's novels have been praised not only for their big-scale drama and propulsive narrative drive but for their cutting-edge prescience in predicting future events.

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THE SKY IS FALLING
Sidney Sheldon
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THE SKY IS FALLING

by Sidney Sheldon · Morrow

3 wks on list

Television news anchor Dana Evans is beautiful and intelligent. She is also fearless, having been a correspondent during the Bosnian war. But when she begins to investigate a string of murders that has wiped out one of America's most prominent families, she is shocked by evidence that points to powerful, international forces.

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THE SWITCH
Sandra Brown
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THE SWITCH

by Sandra Brown · Warner

5 wks on list

After her twin sister's brutal murder, a young woman teams up with a NASA astronaut who is working to clear his name, and together they must track down a killer whose lethal plans are far from over. Identical twins Melina and Gillian Lloyd haven't considered switching places since childhood. So when Melina proposes that Gillian take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut Col. "Chief" Hart, she refuses . . . at first. The following morning Melina receives terrible news: her sister has been brutally murdered -- and Chief, though innocent, is the prime suspect. He and Melina are determined to find the killer, a megalomaniac who's nearly unstoppable -- and out for blood. Now, with targets on their backs, they must work together to learn the truth behind Gillian's death -- before they become the killer's next victims.

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SHATTERED
Dick Francis
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SHATTERED

by Dick Francis · Putnam

3 wks on list
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THE BLIND ASSASSIN
Margaret Atwood
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THE BLIND ASSASSIN

by Margaret Atwood · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday

The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative, beginning with the mysterious death of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family’s history. Intertwined with Iris’s account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet. These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.

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