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Best Sellers: Fiction Paperback

September 21, 1997
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This
Week Weeks
on List

1 CAUSE OF DEATH, by Patricia Cornwell. (Berkley, $7.50.) Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the mysterious death of a reporter. 4

2 THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS, by Scott Turow. (Warner, $7.99.) A probation officer is tried for his mother's murder. First Chapter 5

3 LEGEND, by Jude Deveraux. (Pocket, $6.99.) A bride-to-be in modern-day Virginia suddenly finds herself in 19th-century Colorado. 4

4 SONGS IN ORDINARY TIME, by Mary McGarry Morris. (Penguin, $13.95.) In 1960, a woman and her children are menaced by a con man. (+) 12

5 *DARK PARADISE, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $6.50.) A woman vacationing in Montana becomes the target of a stalker. 5

6 EXECUTIVE ORDERS, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $7.50.) Vice President Jack Ryan has problems after the deaths of the President and most of the Cabinet and Congress. 8

7 THE REGULATORS, by Richard Bachman. (Signet, $7.99.) Killings and other horrors disrupt a quiet suburban town in Ohio. 5

8 ABOVE AND BEYOND, by Sandra Brown. (Mira, $6.99.) The troubled courtship of a widow by her late husband's best friend. 3

9 SILENT WITNESS, by Richard North Patterson. (Ballantine, $7.99.) Two murder cases change the lives of men and women who grew up in a Midwestern town. 1

10 AT HOME IN MITFORD, by Jan Karon. (Penguin, $11.95.) Volume 1 of ''The Mitford Years,'' a series about life in a North Carolina town. 6

11 *THE THIRD TWIN, by Ken Follett. (Fawcett, $7.99.) A genetic researcher's work introduces her to frightening experiences and romance. 10

12 DESPERATION, by Stephen King. (Signet, $7.99.) Visitors to a small mining town in Nevada encounter terrifying forces. 10

13 CONTACT, by Carl Sagan. (Pocket, $6.99.) A commotion follows the reception of a signal from intelligent life beyond Earth. 17

14 THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN, by Jacquelyn Mitchard. (Signet, $7.50.) The disappearance of a 3-year-old boy brings anguish and redemption. 14

15 SHE'S COME UNDONE, by Wally Lamb. (Washington Square/Pocket, $14.) A woman's harrowing progress from youth to middle age. (+) 33

Also Selling

16 THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, by John Le Carre. (Bantam, $6.99.) A London tailor, now living in Panama City, is blackmailed into becoming a spy for British intelligence.

17 SILENT HONOR, by Danielle Steel. (Del, $7.50) The attack on Pearl Harbor has tragic consequences for Japanese-American families.

18 STONES FROM THE RIVER, by Ursula Hegi. (Scribner, $13.) A dwarf becomes the conscience of her German town during the Nazi era.

19 THE HUTT GAMBIT, by A. C. Crispin. (Bantam/Spectra, $5.99.) Volume two in the "Star Wars" Han Solo trilogy.

20 A THOUSAND ACRES, by Jame Smiley. (Fawcett, $12.: Ivy, $7.50.) The fortunes of a farming family.

21 ICON, by Frederick Forsyth. (Bantam, $6.99.) In 1999, a former C.I.A. agent returns to Moscow to help prevent Russia from becoming another Nazi Germany.

22 SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, by David Guterson. (Vintage, $12.) A murder trial recalls the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans. (+)

23 SNOW ANGEL, by Thom Racina. (Onyx, $6.99.) The double murder of her parents leaves a woman suspicious of her charismatic boyfriend.

24 THE RUNAWAY JURY, by John Grisham. (Island/Dell, $7.99.) A woman sues a tobacco company for causing her husband's death. First Chapter

25 DIRT, by Stuart Woods. (Harper Paperbacks, $6.99.) A gossip columnist's travails with a member of the social scene who is apparently determined to get even with her.

26 FINDING THE DREAM, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $6.99.) A young divorced woman, emotionally and financially devastated, sets out to rebuild her life.

27 GAME OF THRONES, by George R. Martin. (Bantam/Spectra, $6.99.) Fantasy adventure.

28 THE CLAYBORNE BRIDES: Parts 1-3, by Julie Garwood. (Pocket, 2.99 each.) The 19th-century romantic adventures of three Montana brothers.

29 SERVANT OF THE BONES, by Anne Rice. (Ballantine, $14.) A dark angel seeking redemption makes a perilous journey from ancient Babylon to modern Manhattan.

30 THE SHADOW BOX, by John R. Maxim. (Avon, $6.99.) A man tries to unravel a conspiracy in which his loved ones are being murdered and he seems to be the next target.

Rankings reflect sales figures, for the week ending Sept. 6, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers, statistically weighted to represent sales in all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders for a book.

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This Week		Weeks on List
1	CAUSE OF DEATH, by Patricia Cornwell. (Berkley, $7.50.) Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the mysterious death of a reporter.	4
2	THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS, by Scott Turow. (Warner, $7.99.) A probation officer is tried for his mother's murder. First Chapter	5
3	LEGEND, by Jude Deveraux. (Pocket, $6.99.) A bride-to-be in modern-day Virginia suddenly finds herself in 19th-century Colorado.	4
4	SONGS IN ORDINARY TIME, by Mary McGarry Morris. (Penguin, $13.95.) In 1960, a woman and her children are menaced by a con man. (+)	12
5	*DARK PARADISE, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $6.50.) A woman vacationing in Montana becomes the target of a stalker.	5
6	EXECUTIVE ORDERS, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $7.50.) Vice President Jack Ryan has problems after the deaths of the President and most of the Cabinet and Congress.	8
7	THE REGULATORS, by Richard Bachman. (Signet, $7.99.) Killings and other horrors disrupt a quiet suburban town in Ohio.	5
8	ABOVE AND BEYOND, by Sandra Brown. (Mira, $6.99.) The troubled courtship of a widow by her late husband's best friend.	3
9	SILENT WITNESS, by Richard North Patterson. (Ballantine, $7.99.) Two murder cases change the lives of men and women who grew up in a Midwestern town.	1
10	AT HOME IN MITFORD, by Jan Karon. (Penguin, $11.95.) Volume 1 of ''The Mitford Years,'' a series about life in a North Carolina town.	6
11	*THE THIRD TWIN, by Ken Follett. (Fawcett, $7.99.) A genetic researcher's work introduces her to frightening experiences and romance.	10
12	DESPERATION, by Stephen King. (Signet, $7.99.) Visitors to a small mining town in Nevada encounter terrifying forces.	10
13	CONTACT, by Carl Sagan. (Pocket, $6.99.) A commotion follows the reception of a signal from intelligent life beyond Earth.	17
14	THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN, by Jacquelyn Mitchard. (Signet, $7.50.) The disappearance of a 3-year-old boy brings anguish and redemption.	14
15	SHE'S COME UNDONE, by Wally Lamb. (Washington Square/Pocket, $14.) A woman's harrowing progress from youth to middle age. (+)	33
	Also Selling
16	THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, by John Le Carre. (Bantam, $6.99.) A London tailor, now living in Panama City, is blackmailed into becoming a spy for British intelligence.
17	SILENT HONOR, by Danielle Steel. (Del, $7.50) The attack on Pearl Harbor has tragic consequences for Japanese-American families.
18	STONES FROM THE RIVER, by Ursula Hegi. (Scribner, $13.) A dwarf becomes the conscience of her German town during the Nazi era.
19	THE HUTT GAMBIT, by A. C. Crispin. (Bantam/Spectra, $5.99.) Volume two in the "Star Wars" Han Solo trilogy.
20	A THOUSAND ACRES, by Jame Smiley. (Fawcett, $12.: Ivy, $7.50.) The fortunes of a farming family.
21	ICON, by Frederick Forsyth. (Bantam, $6.99.) In 1999, a former C.I.A. agent returns to Moscow to help prevent Russia from becoming another Nazi Germany.
22	SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, by David Guterson. (Vintage, $12.) A murder trial recalls the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans. (+)
23	SNOW ANGEL, by Thom Racina. (Onyx, $6.99.) The double murder of her parents leaves a woman suspicious of her charismatic boyfriend.
24	THE RUNAWAY JURY, by John Grisham. (Island/Dell, $7.99.) A woman sues a tobacco company for causing her husband's death. First Chapter
25	DIRT, by Stuart Woods. (Harper Paperbacks, $6.99.) A gossip columnist's travails with a member of the social scene who is apparently determined to get even with her.
26	FINDING THE DREAM, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $6.99.) A young divorced woman, emotionally and financially devastated, sets out to rebuild her life.
27	GAME OF THRONES, by George R. Martin. (Bantam/Spectra, $6.99.) Fantasy adventure.
28	THE CLAYBORNE BRIDES: Parts 1-3, by Julie Garwood. (Pocket, 2.99 each.) The 19th-century romantic adventures of three Montana brothers.
29	SERVANT OF THE BONES, by Anne Rice. (Ballantine, $14.) A dark angel seeking redemption makes a perilous journey from ancient Babylon to modern Manhattan.
30	THE SHADOW BOX, by John R. Maxim. (Avon, $6.99.) A man tries to unravel a conspiracy in which his loved ones are being murdered and he seems to be the next target.