GIVE HIM A 'HAND'
Seven down. Mystery writer Janet Evanovich's new novel drops from No. 1 to No. 5 this week as she makes way for the world according to John Irving. His 10th novel, The Fourth Hand (330,000 copies in print after three pressruns), deserves a hearty round of applause for an impressive performance in its first week on the shelves. Irving, who's leaving book touring to the amateurs, plugged his curious tale of appendages and Asian travels on Good Morning America. Meanwhile, the nation is up in arms over Jeff Shaara's new historical novel, Rise to Rebellion, which debuts at a proud No. 10.
FICTION WEEKS ON LIST 1 THE FOURTH HAND John Irving, Random House, $26.95 1 2 CANE RIVER Lalita Tademy, Warner, $24.95 3 3 LEAP OF FAITH Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $19.95 4 4 P IS FOR PERIL Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95 5 5 SEVEN UP Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $24.9 3 6 THE JURY Steve Martini, Putnam, $25.95 2 7 A TRAITOR TO MEMORY Elizabeth George, Bantam, $26.95 2 8 BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25 10 9 HOLLYWOOD WIVES: THE NEW GENERATION Jackie Collins, Simon & Schuster, $26 3 10 RISE TO REBELLION Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $26.95 1
NONFICTION
1 JOHN ADAMS David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $35 7 2 THE PRAYER OF JABEZ Bruce Wilkinson, Multnomah, $9.99 21 3 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? Spencer Johnson, Putnam, $19.95 80 4 GHOST SOLDIERS: THE FORGOTTEN EPIC STORY OF WORLD WAR II'S MOST DRAMATIC MISSION Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $24.95 8 5 BODY FOR LIFE Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso, HarperCollins, $25 103 6 STOLEN LIVES: TWENTY YEARS IN A DESERT JAIL Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi, Talk/Miramax, $24 9 7 SECRETS OF THE VINE Bruce Wilkinson, Multnomah, $9.99 9 8 FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $26 6 9 JUSTICE: CRIME, TRIALS, AND PUNISHMENTS Dominick Dunne, Crown, $24 2 10 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE Mitch Albom, Doubleday, $19.95 184
SOURCE: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
BIG-SCREEN BOUND
SPITE HOUSE: THE LAST SECRET OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM Monika Jensen- Stevenson (Avon, $6.99) Oliver Stone (Platoon) will write and direct the story of Marine private Bobby Garwood, the last soldier to return from the Vietnam War alive after 14 years missing in action.
AN UNQUIET MIND Kay Redfield Jamison (Vintage, $12) Annette Bening (American Beauty) bought the movie rights to Jamison's best-selling memoir about the psychologist's battle with manic depression.
WHITE JAZZ James Ellroy (Vintage, $13) Interlight Productions optioned the film rights to Ellroy's 1992 novel with Nick Nolte and John Cusack set to star.
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