THE PLOT THICKENS. Primary Colors, the questionably fictional account of a Clinton-like presidential campaign penned by a maddeningly mum Anonymous, debuts at No. 3. But now there's a trail to follow: A recently published report has identified Austin, Tex., attorney Richard Pappas as Anonymous' legal adviser. Hmmm. Either Anonymous really wants everyone to think he/she lives in Austin, or maybe the elusive author is Austin resident and former Clinton aide Paul Begala.
FICTION WEEKS ON LIST 1 INTENSITY Dean Koontz, Knopf, $25 4 2 THE HORSE WHISPERER Nicholas Evans, Delacorte,$23.95 20 3 PRIMARY COLORS Anonymous, Random House, $24 1 4 CONTAGION Robin Cook, Putnam, $24.95 3 5 BEHIND THE LINES W.E.B. Griffin, Putnam, $23.95 4 6 THAT CAMDEN SUMMER LaVyrle Spencer, Putnam, $23.95 1 7 THE WEB Jonathan Kellerman, Bantam, $23.95 5 8 FIVE DAYS IN PARIS Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $15.95 10 9 SHOCK WAVE Clive Cussler, Simon & Schuster, $25 7 10 ABSOLUTE POWER David Baldacci, Warner, $22.95 1
NONFICTION
1 MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS John Gray, Ph.D., HarperCollins, $23 147 2 IT TAKES A VILLAGE: AND OTHER LESSONS CHILDREN TEACH US Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $20 3 3 HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?! THE ABDICATION OF CHARACTER,COURAGE AND CONSCIENCE Dr. Laura Schlessinger, HarperCollins, $22 1 4 THE WAY OF THE WIZARD Deepak Chopra, Harmony, $15.95 5 5 THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS Deepak Chopra, New World Library, $14 49 6 RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS Al Franken, Delacorte, $21.95 2 7 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Daniel Goleman, Bantam, $23.95 18 8 THE ROAD AHEAD Bill Gates, Viking, $29.95 9 9 THE BEARDSTOWN LADIES' STITCH-IN-TIME GUIDE TO GROWING YOUR NEST EGG The Beardstown Ladies, Hyperion, $19.95 1 10 TIME PRESENT, TIME PAST: A MEMOIR Bill Bradley, Knopf, $26 1
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1 SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS David Guterson, Vintage, $12 17 2 THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Stephen R. Covey, Fireside, $12 261 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen, Health Communications, $12.95 79 4 TEN STUPID THINGS WOMEN DO TO MESS UP THEIR LIVES Dr. Laura Schlessinger, HarperPerennial, $12 51 5 THE BEARDSTOWN LADIES' COMMONSENSE INVESTMENT GUIDE The Beardstown Ladies, Hyperion, $10.95 3 6 FIRST THINGS FIRST Stephen R. Covey, Fireside, $14 3 7 THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 1996 Robert Famighetti, World Almanac, $9.95 8 8 A 2ND HELPING OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen, Health Communications, $12.95 41 9 REVIVING OPHELIA Mary Pipher, Ballantine, $12.50 42 10 THE STONE DIARIES Carol Shields, Penguin, $10 40
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