Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, September 12, 2004; Page BW11
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By David Baldacci. Crimes against two presidential candidates, though eight years apart, may be related.1 2
The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threaten the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.36 3
By Nicholas Sparks. An unfulfilled teenage romance gets a second chance 14 years later.13 4
A 45-year-old corpse and an Arab boy suspected of terrorist connections are all part of V.I. Warshawski's new case.1 5
A psychopath in search of an ancient underwater city threatens a marine researcher who may know its location.1 6
By Janet Evanovich. A radio station manager becomes smitten by one of his quirky on-air talents.1 7
By Nora Roberts. Anastasia Donovan, swept up in a romance, is uneasy about sharing her secret -- she's a witch.1 8
Officer Eve Dallas comes to the aid of her dear friend Roarke in a case of murder and cyber-terrorism.1 9
By Tom Clancy. A private vigilante corps wages an ambitious campaign to protect U.S. interests worldwide.6 10 16 1
ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES 7 2
By Azar Nafisi. A professor's memoir of her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.33 3 5 4 6 5
By Barack Obama. Memoir by the rising politician.4 6
By Erik Larson. Serial killer Henry Holmes preys on Chicago residents amid the bustle of the 1896 World's Fair.29 7
By David Sedaris. Autobiographical essays told with an appreciation for life's many ironies.14 8
A look at a shocking 1984 murder in the name of religion.13 9
By Mitch Albom. The sportswriter chronicles his emotional reunion with his mentor from college days.19 10
By Jon Krakauer. Inside the ill-fated 1996 expedition.1 Hardcover 1
By Dan Brown. Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail and a murderer's identity.36 2
A wealthy socialite's prying into shady self-help seminars endangers her life, causing the FBI to intervene.1 3
Dustin Thomason. Four roommates at Princeton attempt to unlock the secrets of a 15th-century manuscript.17 4 36 5
The hardcover edition of Brown's thriller revolving around a nefarious group's plot against the Vatican.30 6
Two English magician's try to revive the age of magic.1 7
A sleazy biologist, concealing an agribusiness's Everglades pollution, is undone by the wife he thought he murdered.8 8
By Sandra Brown. Sayre Lynch, estranged from her family for a decade, is shocked by her brother's apparent suicide.3 9 1 10
By Martha Grimes. Richard Jury is vexed by the murder of a 5-year-old girl and its connection to a pedophile ring. 2 1
By John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi. A contrary view.4 2
By Gen. Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell
Memoir by the retired head of the U.S. Central Command.5 3
The former president's lengthy reminiscences about his tumultuous childhood and political achievements.11 4 5 5 2 6
A CIA agent's argument for a foreign policy overhaul.9 7 14 8
Lambasting the White House's neoconservative policies. 1 9
By Robert Kurson. A pair of American divers' near-obsessive quest to identify a submerged WWII U-boat.10 10
By Sen. Robert C. Byrd. Registering disapproval.4
