Hardcover fiction bestsellers, week of March 2

1. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
2. Seventh Heaven
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
5. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
6. Strangers in Death
By J.D. Robb. Putnam.
7. Stranger in Paradise
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
8. The Commoner
By John Burnham Schwartz. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
9. Song Yet Sung
By James McBride. Riverhead.
10. The Reserve
By Russell Banks. Harper.

Source: Boston area bookstores

1. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
2. Seventh Heaven
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
5. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.