| 1 | The Appeal. John Grisham. Doubleday, $27.95 ISBN 978-0-385-51504-7 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 7th Heaven. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown, $27.99 ISBN 978-0-316-01770-1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Duma Key. Stephen King. Scribner, $28 ISBN 978-1-416-55251-2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $25.95 ISBN 978-1-59448950-1 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | World Without End. Ken Follett. Dutton, $35 ISBN 978-0-525-95007-3 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Stranger in Paradise. Robert B. Parker. Putnam, $25.95 ISBN 978-0-399-15460-7 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Plum Lucky. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $17.95 ISBN 978-0-312-37763-2 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | The Killing Ground. Jack Higgins. Putnam, $25.95 ISBN 978-0-399-15380-8 | – | 1 |
| 9 | People of the Book. Geraldine Brooks. Viking, $25.95 ISBN 978-0-670-01821-5 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | The Senator's Wife. Sue Miller. Knopf, $24.95 ISBN 978-0-307-26420-6 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Sizzle and Burn. Jayne Ann Krentz. Putnam, $24.95 ISBN 978-0-399-15445-4 | 9 | 3 |
| 12 | The Ghost War. Alex Berenson. Putnam, $24.95 ISBN 978-0-399-15453-9 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Charm! Kendall Hart. Hyperion, $21.95 ISBN 978-1-4013-0307-5 | 13 | 2 |
| 14 | Celebutantes. Amanda Goldberg & Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. St. Martin's, $23.95 ISBN 978-0-312-36229-4 | – | 1 |
| 15 | Where the Heart Leads. Stephanie Laurens. Morrow, $24.95 ISBN 978-0-06-124339-4 | 11 | 2 |
