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F I C T I O N

    1. The Plains of Passage, Jean M. Auel

    2. Four Past Midnight, Stephen King

    3. The Burden of Proof, Scott Turow

    4. Memories of Midnight, Sidney Sheldon

    5. Message from Nam, Danielle Steel

    6. The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum

    7. The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition, Stephen King

    8. Lady Boss, Jackie Collins

    9. The Witching Hour, Anne Rice

    10. September, Rosamunde Pilcher

N O N F I C T I O N

    1. A Life on the Road, Charles Kuralt

    2. The Civil War, Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns

    3. The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Heritage: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother, Jeff Smith

    4. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

    5. Financial Self-Defense: How To Win the Fight for Financial Freedom, Charles J. Givens

    6. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, John Bradshaw

    7. Wealth Without Risk: How To Develop a Personal Fortune Without Going Out on a Limb, Charles J. Givens

    8. Bo Knows Bo, Bo Jackson and Dick Schaap

    9. An American Life: An Autobiography, Ronald Reagan

    10. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990s, John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene

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F I C T I O N

    1. Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," Alexandra Ripley

    2. The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy

    3. Needful Things, Stephen King

    4. No Greater Love, Danielle Steel

    5. Heartbeat, Danielle Steel

    6. The Doomsday Conspiracy, Sidney Sheldon

    7. The Firm, John Grisham

    8. Night Over Water, Ken Follet

    9. Remember, Barbara Taylor Bradford

    10. Loves Music, Loves to Dance, Mary Higgins Clark

N O N F I C T I O N

    1. Me: Stories of My Life, Katharine Hepburn

    2. Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography, Kitty Kelley

    3. Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door, Robert Fulghum

    4. Under Fire: An American Story, Oliver North with William Novak

    5. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, Derek Humphry

    6. When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, Erma Bombeck

    7. More Wealth Without Risk, Charles J. Givens

    8. Den of Thieves, James B. Stewart

    9. Childhood, Bill Cosby

    10. Financial Self-Defense, Charles J. Givens

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F I C T I O N

    1. Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King

    2. The Pelican Brief, John Grisham

    3. Gerald's Game, Stephen King

    4. Mixed Blessings, Danielle Steel

    5. Jewels, Danielle Steel

    6. The Stars Shine Down, Sidney Sheldon

    7. Tale of the Body Thief, Anne Rice

    8. Mexico, James A. Michener

    9. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan

    10. All Around the Town, Mary Higgins Clark

N O N F I C T I O N

    1. The Way Things Ought To Be, Rush Limbaugh

    2. It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf

    3. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time, Naura Hayden

    4. Every Living Thing, James Herriot

    5. A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson

    6. Sam Walton: Made in America, Sam Walton

    7. Diana: Her True Story, Andrew Morton

    8. Truman, David McCullough

    9. Silent Passage, Gail Sheehy

    10. Sex, Madonna

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F I C T I O N

    1. The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller

    2. The Client, John Grisham

    3. Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend, Robert James Waller

    4. Without Remorse, Tom Clancy

    5. Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King

    6. Vanished, Danielle Steel

    7. Lasher, Anne Rice

    8. Pleading Guilty, Scott Turow

    9. Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel

    10. The Scorpio Illusion, Robert Ludlum

N O N F I C T I O N

    1. See, I Told You So, Rush Limbaugh

    2. Private Parts, Howard Stern

    3. Seinlanguage, Jerry Seinfeld

    4. Embraced by the Light, Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor

    5. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra

    6. Stop the Insanity, Susan Powter

    7. Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

    8. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray

    9. The Hidden Life of Dogs, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

    10. And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend, Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake

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F I C T I O N

    1. The Chamber, John Grisham

    2. Debt of Honor, Tom Clancy

    3. The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield

    4. The Gift, Danielle Steel

    5. Insomnia, Steven King

    6. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner

    7. Wings, Danielle Steel

    8. Accident, Danielle Steel

    9. The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller

    10. Disclosure, Michael Crichton

    11. Nothing Lasts Forever, Sidney Sheldon

    12. Taltos, Anne Rice

    13. Dark Rivers of the Heart, Dean Koontz

    14. The Lottery Winner, Mary Higgins Clark

    15. Remember Me, Mary Higgins Clark

    16. The Body Farm, Patricia Cornwelll

    17. "K" Is for Killer, Sue Grafton

    18. Everything to Gain, Barbara Taylor Bradford

    19. Spencerville, Nelson DeMille

    20. Wild Horses, Dick Francis

    21. Inca Gold, Clive Cussler

    22. Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan

    23. Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan

    24. Fatal Cure, Robin Cook

    25. Family Blessings, LaVyrle Spencer

N O N F I C T I O N

    1. In the Kitchen with Rosie, Rosie Daley

    2. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray

    3. Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II.

    4. Magic Eye I, N.E. Thing Enterprises

    5. The Book of Virtues, William J. Bennett

    6. Magic Eye II, N.E. Thing Enterprises

    7. Embraced by the Light, Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor

    8. Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, Tim Allen

    9. Couplehood, Paul Reiser

    10. Magic Eye III, N.E. Thing Enterprises

    11. Dolly, Dolly Parton

    12. James Herriott's Cat Stories, James Herriott

    13. Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush

    14. Nicole Brown Simpson, Faye Resnick

    15. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook, Oxmoor House/Leisure Arts

    16. The Agenda, Bob Woodward

    17. What Your Mother Couldn't Tell You and Your Father Didn't Know, John Gray

    18. Reba: My Story, Reba McIntire

    19. Standing Firm, Dan Quayle

    20. The Weight Watchers Complete Cookbook and Program Basics

    21. Old Songs in a New Cafe, Robert James Waller

    22. Baseball, Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

    23. First Things First, Stephen R. Covey and A. Roger Miller

    24. The Hot Zone, Richard Preston

    25. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt




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