Paperback Bestsellers
Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 5/7/2001
| Last Week | Weeks on List | ||
| 1 | Before I Say Good-Bye. Mary Higgins Clark. Pocket, $7.99 ISBN 0-671-00457-3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Carolina Moon. Nora Roberts. Jove, $7.99 ISBN 0-515-13038-9 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Along Came a Spider. James Patterson. Warner Vision, $7.99 ISBN 0-446-36419-3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | After the Fire. Belva Plain. Dell, $7.99 ISBN 0-440-23574-X | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | The Empty Chair. Jeffery Deaver. Pocket, $7.99 ISBN 0-671-02601-1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Standoff. Sandra Brown. Warner Vision, $6.99 ISBN 0-446-60961-7 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | The Brethren. John Grisham. Dell Island, $7.99 ISBN 0-440-23667-3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Easy Prey. John Sandford. Berkley, $7.99 ISBN 0-425-17876-5 | 10 | 9 |
| 9 | The Heir. Johanna Lindsey. Avon, $7.99 ISBN 0-380-79334-2 | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | On Secret Service. John Jakes. Signet, $7.99 ISBN 0-451-20405-0 | 12 | 2 |
| 11 | Storm Warning. Dinah McCall. Mira, $6.50 ISBN 1-55166-808-4 | – | 1 |
| 12 | Tom Clancy's Net Force: Point of Impact. Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik; written by Steve Perry. Berkley, $7.99 ISBN 0-425-17923-0 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | Tough Cookie. Diane Mott Davidson. Bantam, $6.50 ISBN 0-553-57830-8 | 8 | 4 |
| 14 | The Run. Stuart Woods. HarperTorch, $7.99 ISBN 0-06-101343-9 | – | 5 |
| 15 | He Shall Thunder in the Sky. Elizabeth Peters. Avon, $7.50 ISBN 0-380-79858-1 | 14 | 2 |
| Last Week | Weeks on List | ||
| 1 | Bridget Joness Diary. Helen Fielding. Penguin, $12.95 ISBN 0-14-028009-X | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | We Were the Mulvaneys. Joyce Carol Oates. Plume, $13.95 ISBN 0-452-28282-9 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Helen Fielding. Penguin, $13 ISBN 0-14-029847-9 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Girl with the Pearl Earring. Tracy Chevalier. Plume, $12 ISBN 0-452-28215-2 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Icy Sparks. Gwyn Hyman Rubio. Penguin, $13.95 ISBN 0-14-200020-5 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | The Red Tent. Anita Diamant. Picador, $14 ISBN 0-312-19551-6 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Dave Eggers. Vintage, $14 ISBN 0-375-72578-4 | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | Life Strategies. Phillip C. McGraw. Hyperion, $11.95 ISBN 0-7868-8459-2 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz. Amber-Allen, $12.95 ISBN 1-878424-31-9 | 10 | 52 |
| 10 | The House of Sand and Fog. Andre Dubus III. Vintage, $14 ISBN 0-375-72734-5 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | Chicken Soup for the Mothers Soul 2. J. Canfield, M.V. Hansen, M. Shimoff C. Kline. HCI, $12.95 ISBN 1-55874-890-3 | – | 1 |
| 12 | Chocolat. Joanne Harris. Penguin, $12.95 ISBN 0-14-100018-X | 14 | 15 |
| 13 | Rich Dad Poor Dad. Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Warner, $15.95 ISBN 0-446-67745-0 | 12 | 52 |
| 14 | Dont Sweat the Small Stuff for Women. Kristine Carlson. Hyperion, $11.95 ISBN 0-7868-8602-1 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel. Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. Chronicle, $14.95 ISBN 0-8118-3131-0 | 13 | 3 |
