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HarperCollins, you always keep us guessing. From Barbara Kingsolver to WWF superstar Chyna, the ever-eclectic house has added a surprising new best-seller to its stable. Tabitha Lenox, the meddlesome witch played by Juliet Mills on the NBC soap opera Passions, is credited with Hidden Passions (135,000 copies in print after five pressruns). Rarely does an episode pass without characters poring over the scandal-ridden book, and plugs from the show's actors on the Today show, Access Hollywood, and Entertainment Tonight continue to propel this crossover hit up the charts.
FICTION WEEKS ON LIST 1 A PAINTED HOUSE John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95 2 2 A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT Terry McMillan, Viking, $25.95 5 3 A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $25.95 4 4 THE FIRST COUNSEL Brad Meltzer, Warner, $25.95 6 5 HIDDEN PASSIONS Tabitha Lenox, HarperEntertainment, $25 4 6 FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE Dean Koontz, Bantam, $26.95 8 7 THE CAT WHO SMELLED A RAT Lilian Jackson Braun, Putnam, $23.95 3 8 PRODIGAL SUMMER Barbara Kingsolver, HarperCollins, $26 17 9 THIS HEART OF MINE Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Morrow, $24 2 10 MYSTIC RIVER Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $25 3
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1 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? Spencer Johnson, Putnam, $19.95 60 2 BODY FOR LIFE Bill Phillips and Michael D'Orso, HarperCollins, $25 83 3 SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER Tracy Hogg, Ballantine, $22 2 4 IF THEY ONLY KNEW Chyna, ReganBooks, $26 3 5 ICE BOUND Dr. Jerri Nielsen, Talk Miramax, $24.95 4 6 AN HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, $26 6 7 THE O'REILLY FACTOR: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS IN AMERICAN LIFE Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $23.95 22 8 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE Mitch Albom, Doubleday, $19.95 170 9 LIFE MAKEOVERS Cheryl Richardson, Broadway, $21.95 4 10 A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE Anna Quindlen, Random House, $12.95 14 SOURCE: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
