The Book Sense Mystery and Horror Bestseller List

Posted Thursday, Sep 30, 2004

Based on sales from many hundreds of independent bookstores for the four-week period ending September 26, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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The Book Sense Mystery and Horror Bestseller List
1. Angels & Demons
Dan Brown, Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360
2. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209
3. Trace
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152199
4. The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400034779
5. Deception Point
Dan Brown, Pocket, $7.99, 0671027387
6. Blacklist
Sara Paretsky, Signet, $7.99, 0451209699
7. Tears of the Giraffe
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400031354
8. Morality for Beautiful Girls
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400031362
9. The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 140003180X
10. Acqua Alta
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0142004960
11. Last Car to Elysian Fields
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 0743466632
12. Bangkok 8
John Burdett, Vintage, $12.95, 1400032903
13. The Winds of Change
Martha Grimes, Viking, $25.95, 0670033278
14. Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear, Penguin, $14, 0142004332
15. The Dogs of Babel
Carolyn Parkhurst, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316778508
16. R Is for Ricochet
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152288
17. One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312990456
18. The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl, Random House, $13.95, 0812971043
19. The Full Cupboard of Life
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $19.95, 0375422188
20. The Well of Lost Plots
Jasper Fforde, Penguin, $14, 0143034359
21. Two for the Dough
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $7.99, 0671001795
22. The Romanov Prophecy
Steve Berry, Ballantine, $24.95, 0345460057
23. Blood Canticle
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345443691
24. Divided in Death
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $7.99, 0425197956
25. To the Nines
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312991460
26. Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, HarperTorch, $7.99, 038073186X
27. Lamb
Christopher Moore, Perennial, $13.95, 0380813815
28.

Four to Score
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312966970
29. Something Rotten
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $24.95, 0670033596
30. Three to Get Deadly
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312966091
31. Ten Big Ones
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $25.95, 0312289723
32. Death's Jest-Book
Reginald Hill, Avon, $7.99, 0060528060
33. Tell No One
Harlan Coben, Dell, $7.99, 0440236703
34. Dead Famous
Carol O'Connell, Berkley, $7.99, 0425197972
35. Angels & Demons
Dan Brown, Atria, $19.95, 0743486226
36. The Murder Stone
Charles Todd, Bantam, $6.99, 0553586602
37. High Five
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312971346
38. Hot Six: A Stephanie Plum Novel
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312976275
39. Uniform Justice
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0142004227
40. The Vanished Man
Jeffery Deaver, Pocket, $7.99, 0743437810
41. The Coffee Trader
David Liss, Ballantine, $14.95, 0375760903
42. Lost in a Good Book
Jasper Fforde, Penguin, $14, 0142004030
43. A Noble Radiance
Donna Leon, Penguin, $6.99, 0142003190
44. Blind Alley
Iris Johansen, Bantam, $25, 0553803417
45. Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon, Perennial, $13.95, 006074068X
46. Seven Up
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312980140
47. Basket Case
Carl Hiaasen, Warner, $7.99, 044661193X
48. Hard Eight
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312983867
49. A Taint in the Blood
Dana Stabenow, St. Martin's/Minotaur, $24.95, 0312306830
50. Lost Light
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446611638
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