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Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

Buy From AmazonBuy From Barnes & Noble THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Anchor, $9.99.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.THE RECKLESS BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens. (Avon/HarperCollins, $7.99.) Regency-era intrigue as former officers of the Crown battle a traitorous fiend; the final volume of the Black Cobra Quartet.61 HOURS, by Lee Child. (Dell, $9.99.) Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial. ExcerptCHRISTMAS IN CEDAR COVE, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99.) A reissue of a novella, "5-B Poppy Lane," and a novel, "A Cedar Cove Christmas."I, ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. (Vision, $9.99.) Tracking the murderer of a relative, Alex Cross discovers a wild Washington scene with explosive secrets.PIRATE LATITUDES, by Michael Crichton. (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99.) In the 17th-century Caribbean, a British pirate attacks a Spanish galleon; from a manuscript found in Crichton’s files after his death in 2008.DEEPER THAN THE DEAD, by Tami Hoag. (Signet, $9.99.) An F.B.I. investigator and a teacher track a series of murders in California in 1985.PLAY DEAD, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) Tragedy befalls a young celebrity couple on their honeymoon; Coben’s first novel, originally published in 1990.ECSTASY IN DARKNESS, by Gena Showalter. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A savvy alien hunter tries to capture a seductive vampire who can control time.ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford. (Berkley, $9.99.) Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders at a Minnesota resort for women.CROWN OF CRYSTAL FLAME, by C. L. Wilson. (Avon/HarperCollins, $7.99.) Ellysetta and Rain’s final battle against the evil High Mage of Eld; Book 5 of the Tairen Soul series.THE WRECKER, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Berkley, $9.99.) In 1907, a detective tracks a mysterious saboteur across the American West.THE CHRISTMAS BRIDES, by Linda Lael Miller. (HQN, $7.99.) A reissue of two novels, "A McKettrick Christmas" and "A Creed Country Christmas."SOUTHERN LIGHTS, by Danielle Steel. (Dell, $7.99.) When a New York prosecutor’s daughter is threatened, she sends her back to the Charleston world she herself fled.BLOOD TRINITY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love. (Pocket, $7.99.) Atlanta has become a battlefield for humans and demons, and the heroine in Book 1 of this series walks the line between them.DREAMFEVER, by Karen Marie Moning. (Dell, $7.99.) MacKayla Lane finds herself under the erotic spell of the Fae Lord Master.DRINK OF ME, by Jacquelyn Frank. (Zebra/Kensington, $7.99.) A battered runaway holds the key to a dark and twisted enigma for the telepathic Pack.CRAVE, by J. R. Ward. (Signet, $7.99.) The target of an assassin, a black ops soldier puts his fate in the hands of a fallen angel and a beautiful public defender.COLD DAWN, by Carla Neggers (Mira) HARVEST HUNTING, by Yasmine Galenorn (Jove) KILLING FLOOR, by Lee Child (Jove) A CHRISTMAS PROMISE, by Mary Balogh (Dell) THE GATE HOUSE, by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central) HOLIDAY MAGIC, by Fern Michaels, Cathy Lamb, Mary Carter and Terri DuLong (Zebra) THE FIRST HERETIC: THE HORUS HERESY, by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (Games Workshop) THE YEAR OF LIVING SCANDALOUSLY, by Julia London (Pocket) THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor) TRUST ME ON THIS, by Jennifer Crusie (Bantam) RULES OF AN ENGAGEMENT, by Suzanne Enoch (Avon) TEN WAYS TO BE ADORED WHEN LANDING A LORD, by Sarah MacLean (Avon) SOMEONE LIKE YOU, by Susan Mallery (HQN) THE FIRST LOVE COOKIE CLUB, by Lori Wilde (Avon) Buy From AmazonBuy From Barnes & Noble

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 14 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 30, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. 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. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.


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