Call it Koontz control. Mystery master Dean Koontz's new novel, From the Corner of His Eye (wielding a first printing of 500,000 copies), skyrockets to the top of the fiction list in its debut week. His climb to No. 1 can hardly come as a surprise to Koontz or his publisher, Bantam. The man's 38 books have sold 200 million copies worldwide. Perhaps the real suspense lies in just how long Koontz will remain king of the hill. Or if John le Carre, who jumps from No. 12 to No. 6 this week, will continue to earn the support of key reviewers and usurp the coveted throne.
FICTION WEEKS ON LIST
1 FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE Dean Koontz, Bantam, $26.95 1 2 ROSES ARE RED James Patterson, Little, Brown, $26.95 5 3 THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON Tom Clancy, Putnam, $28.95 18 4 PRODIGAL SUMMER Barbara Kingsolver, HarperCollins, $26 10 5 CODE TO ZERO Ken Follett, Dutton, $26.95 3 6 THE CONSTANT GARDENER John le Carre, Scribner, $28 2 7 THE LAST PRECINCT Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95 10 8 THE PROMETHEUS DECEPTION Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $27.95 8 9 THE MARK Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Tyndale, $22.99 6 10 WINTER'S HEART Robert Jordan, Tor, $29.95 7
NONFICTION
1 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? Spencer Johnson, Putnam, $19.95 53 2 THE O'REILLY FACTOR: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS IN AMERICAN LIFE Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $23.95 153 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY The Beatles, Chronicle, $60 12 4 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2001 Guinness Publishing, $26.95 17 5 A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE Anna Quindlen, Random House, $12.95 7 6 BODY FOR LIFE Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso, HarperCollins, $25 76 7 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE Mitch Albom, Doubleday, $19.95 163 8 NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD: THE MEN WHO BUILT THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILROAD 1863-1869 Stephen E. Ambrose, Simon & Schuster, $28 179 MAESTRO: GREENSPAN'S FED AND THE AMERICAN BOOM Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $25 6 10 FACE FORWARD KEVYN Aucoin, Little, Brown, $32.95 9
SOURCE: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
