BestSeller List

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Comment on the books on the list if you have read any.

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1 THE BRETHREN, by John Grisham. (Island, $7.99.) Three former judges, doing time at a federal prison in Florida, concoct a mail scam that goes awry. 5

2 HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, by Andre Dubus III. (Vintage Contemporaries, $7.99.) A California woman and the sheriff who loves her struggle with an Iranian immigrant over ownership of a bungalow. 11

3 WE WERE THE MULVANEYS, by Joyce Carol Oates. (William Abrahams/Plume, $13.95.) The perfect American family tries to rebuild itself after a pretty cheerleader daughter is raped. 1

4 HANNIBAL, by Thomas Harris. (Dell, $7.99.) Seven years after his escape, the fiendish psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter is still at large. Audio: Thomas Harris Reads From 'Hannibal' 17

5 "O" IS FOR OUTLAW, by Sue Grafton. (Ballantine, $7.99.) The private eye Kinsey Millhone has to reappraise her youthful values while trying to solve a murder committed years earlier. 4

6 THE SCOTTISH BRIDE, by Catherine Coulter. (Jove, $7.99.) In 1815, an English widower rediscovers romance when he becomes the new Baron Barthwick of Kildrummy Castle in Scotland. 3

7 THE ATTORNEY, by Steve Martini. (Jove, $7.99.) A lawyer represents an elderly man accused of sexual abuse by his drug addict daughter. 4

8 BACK ROADS, by Tawni O'Dell. (Signet, $7.99.) The ordeals of a 19-year-old man in western Pennsylvania who must care for his three younger sisters. 4

9 HEART OF THE SEA, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.99.) A beautiful, intelligent Irishwoman tempts a wealthy Irish-American businessman. 8

10 FALSE MEMORY, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $7.99.) A woman and her husband scour the past for clues after she is gripped by an inexplicable fear of her own image. 9

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Any comment on the books above.?