The Book Sense 'Beach Books' Bestseller List

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For the six-week period ending December 14, 2003, based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.

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The Book Sense "Beach Books" Bestseller List
1. Angels & Demons
Dan Brown, Pocket, $7.99, 0671027360
2. Mystic River
Dennis Lehane, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0380731851
3. Deception Point
Dan Brown, Pocket, $7.99, 0671027387
4. Prey
Michael Crichton, Avon, $7.99, 0061015725
5. Q Is for Quarry
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425192725
6. Visions of Sugar Plums
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $6.99, 0312986343
7. Reversible Errors
Scott Turow, Warner Vision, $7.99, 0446612626
8. Key of Knowledge
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515136379
9. Portrait of a Killer
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $7.99, 0425192733
10. Key of Light
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 051513628X
11. The Janson Directive
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312989385
12. Crossroads of Twilight
Robert Jordan, Tor, $7.99, 0812571339
13. A Noble Radiance
Donna Leon, Penguin, $6.99, 0142003190
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339738
15. Four Blind Mice
James Patterson, Warner, $7.99, 0446613266
16. By the Light of the Moon
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 0553582763
17. Jolie Blon's Bounce
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $7.99, 0743411447
18. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339681
19. The Grave Maurice
Martha Grimes, Onyx, $7.99, 0451411013
20. The Runaway Jury
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 0440221471
21. 12, 6
Martin Cruz Smith, Pocket Star, $7.99, 0671775928
22. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706
23. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345342968
24. Triss
Brian Jacques, Ace, $7.99, 0441010954
25. One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312990456
26. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $6.95, 0451524934
27. The Wailing Wind
Tony Hillerman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0061098795
28.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339703

29. Shrink Rap
Robert B. Parker, Jove, $7.99, 0515136204
30. Red Rabbit
Tom Clancy, Berkley, $7.99, 0425191184
31. Hotspur
Rita Mae Brown, Ballantine, $6.99, 0345428234
32. Dirty Work
Stuart Woods, Signet, $7.99, 0451210158
33. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345339711
34. Small Town
Lawrence Block, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060011912
35. Chasing the Dime
Michael Connelly, Warner Vision, $7.99, 044661162X
36. Two for the Dough
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $7.99, 0671001795
37. The Edge of Doom
Amanda Cross, Fawcett, $6.99, 0345452372
38. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Brian Herbert, Tor, $7.99, 0765340771
39. Tell No One
Harlan Coben, Dell, $7.50, 0440236703
40. Someone to Watch Over Me
Judith McNaught, Pocket, $7.99, 0671525832
41. Shadow Puppets
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 0765340054
42. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $6.99, 0812511816
43. Hard Eight
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312983867
44. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $7.99, 0440212561
45. The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $7.99, 0345325818
46. The Sniper's Wife
Archer Mayor, Warner, $6.99, 0446613215
47. The Last Jihad
Joel C. Rosenberg, Forge, $7.99, 0765346435
48. Night Watch
Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.50, 0060013125
49. The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr
Terry Brooks, Del Rey, $7.99, 0345435753
50. The Beach House
James Patterson, Warner, $7.99, 0446612545