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Michaelball: The first book-length treatment to shred the golden cloak of Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan's reputation, Sam Smith's The Jordan Rules hammers away at the player's arrogance while never questioning his talent. Readers seem ready for an even-handed approach to this superstar and have put Smith's book on the nonfiction list at No. 7. WEEKS FICTION ON LIST
1 SCARLETT: THE SEQUEL TO MARGARET MITCHELL'S GONE WITH THE WIND 10 Alexandra Ripley, Warner, $24.95 2 NO GREATER LOVE 3 Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $23 3 THE SUM OF ALL FEARS 17 Tom Clancy, Putnam, $24.95 4 NEEDFUL THINGS 9 Stephen King, Viking, $24.95 5 NIGHT OVER WATER 10 Ken Follett, Morrow, $22 6 COMEBACK 7 Dick Francis, Putnam, $21.95 7 WLT: A RADIO ROMANCE 2 Garrison Keillor, Viking, $21.95 8 REMEMBER 6 Barbara Taylor Bradford, Random House, $22.50 9 THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY 11 Sidney Sheldon, Morrow, $22 10 SAPPHIRE ROSE 2 David Eddings, Ballantine, $22
NONFICTION
1 ME: STORIES OF MY LIFE 12 Katharine Hepburn, Knopf, $25 2 DEN OF THIEVES 8 James B. Stewart, Simon & Schuster, $25 3 UNDER FIRE: AN AMERICAN STORY 5 Oliver North with William Novak, HarperCollins, $25 4 THE BEST TREATMENT 1 Isadore Rosenfeld, Simon & Schuster, $22 5 UH-OH: SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR 15 Robert Fulghum, Villard, $19 6 FINAL EXIT 17 Derek Humphry, Hemlock/Carol, $16.95 7 THE JORDAN RULES 1 Sam Smith, Simon & Schuster, $20 8 CHILDHOOD 5 Bill Cosby, Putnam, $14.95 9 AWAKEN THE GIANT 4 Anthony Robbins, Summit Books, $20 10 BACKLASH: THE UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST WOMEN 6 Susan Faludi, Crown, $24
