With ''J'' Is for Judgment, Sue Grafton is now more than a third of the way through the alphabet in her Kinsey Millhone series (''A'' Is for Alibi, ''B'' Is for Burglar, etc.). The new Millhone, the story of the mysterious death of a tycoon who bears some resemblance to the late Robert Maxwell, has an official publication date of May 5, but that hasn't prevented fans from making it No. 3 on the chart this week. FICTION WEEKS ON LIST
1 The Client 5 John Grisham, Doubleday, $23.50 2 The Bridges Of Madison County 34 Robert James Waller, Warner, $14.95 3 ''J'' Is For Judgment 1 Sue Grafton, Holt, $21.95 4 American Star 3 Jackie Collins, Simon & Schuster, $23 5 Einstein's Dreams 10 Pantheon, $17 6 Winter Prey 2 John Sandford, Putnam, $21.95 7 The Talismans Of Shannara 7 Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $22 8 Degree Of Guilt 13 Richard North Patterson, Knopf, $23 9 Like Water For Chocolate 1 Laura Esquivel, Doubleday, $17.50 10 Griffin & Sabine 24 Nick Bantock, Chronicle, $17.95
NONFICTION
1 Beating The Street 5 Peter Lynch with John Rothchild, Simon & Schuster, $23 2 Healing And The Mind 10 Bill Moyers, Doubleday, $25 3 Women Who Run With The Wolves 33 Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $20 4 The Way Things Ought To Be 30 Rush Limbaugh, Pocket Books, $22 5 Harvey Penick's Little Red Book 34 Harvey Penick and Bud Shrake, Simon & Schuster, $19 6 Official And Confidential: The Secret Life Of J. Edgar Hoover 8 Anthony Summers, Putnam, $25.95 7 Preparing For The Twenty-First Century 5 Paul Kennedy, Random House, $25 8 Bankruptcy 1995 21 Harry E. Figgie, Little, Brown, $19.95 9 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 5 John Gray, HarperCollins, $20 10 Care Of The Soul 10 Thomas Moore, HarperCollins, $22.50
