Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, May 16, 2004; Page BW11
| Paperback | | | Fiction | | | 1 | ANGELS & DEMONS (Pocket Star, $7.99). By Dan Brown
The Illuminati, a secret cabal threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave. | 19 | | 2 | THE LOVELY BONES (Back Bay, $13.95). By Alice Sebold
From her perch in heaven, a young girl witnesses the impact of her brutal murder on friends and family. | 3 | | 3 | THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (Mariner, $12)
By Carson McCullers. A lonely girl and a deaf-mute man form an emotional, special camaraderie in 1930s Georgia. | 3 | | 4 | THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Broadway, $13.95)
By Lauren Weisberger. A prima donna fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant. | 3 | | 5 | WITH OPEN ARMS (Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts
An omnibus edition of two romance novels featuring headstrong women embarking on new lives. | 2 | | 6 | THE LAKE HOUSE (Warner, $7.99). By James Patterson
Six children genetically engineered to fly, introduced in Patterson's "When the Wind Blows," face a dire new threat. | 2 | | 7 | THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (Penguin, $14)
By Sue Monk Kidd. Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven. | 17 | | 8 | EXECUTIVE POWER (Pocket Star, $7.99). By Vince Flynn
CIA counterterrorism expert Mitch Rapp attempts to foil an assassin's scheme to create havoc in the Middle East. | 1 | | 9 | DECEPTION POINT (Pocket, $7.99). By Dan Brown
A meteorite discovered by NASA, containing never-before-seen fossils, may be a gaint hoax. | 19 | | 10 | THE FACE (Bantam, $7.99). By Dean R. Koontz
A sadistic anarchist plans to kidnap the 10-year-old son of the world's most famous movie star, known as "the Face." | 2 | | Nonfiction/General | | | 1 | READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN (Random House, $13.95)
By Azar Nafisi. A professor's memoir of her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students. | 16 | | 2 | LIVING HISTORY (Scribner, $16)
By Hillary Rodham Clinton. The senator and former first lady offers a new afterword in this edition of her memoir. | 4 | | 3 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE
(Simon & Schuster, $16.95). By Walter Isaacson. The accomplished life of the inventor, politician and diplomat. | 1 | | 4 | THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY (Vintage, $14.95)
By Erik Larson. Serial killer Henry Holmes preys on Chicago residents amid the bustle of the 1893 World's Fair. | 13 | | 5 | TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (Broadway, $12.95)
By Mitch Albom. The sportswriter chronicles his emotional reunion with his mentor from college days. | 11 | | 6 | BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE: THE INSIDE STORY OF SIX
M.I.T. STUDENTS WHO TOOK VEGAS FOR MILLIONS
(Free Press, $14). By Ben Mezrich. Winning at blackjack. | 12 | | 7 | BEYOND BELIEF: THE SECRET GOSPEL OF THOMAS
(Vintage, $13). By Elaine Pagels. Why the gospel of Thomas was expunged in the rise of early Christianity. | 1 | | 8 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (Picador USA, $14)
By Augusten Burroughs. A coming-of-age memoir chock-full of humorous and downright disturbing moments. | 5 | | 9 | MONEYBALL (Norton, $13.95). By Michael Lewis
How the general manager's budget-savvy style produced a winning season for the Oakland A's. | 6 | | 10 | GULAG: A HISTORY (Anchor, $16.95)
By Anne Applebaum. The origins and evolution of the notorious labor camps in post-revolutionary Russia. | 3 | | Hardcover | | | Fiction | | | 1 | THE DA VINCI CODE (Doubleday, $24.95)
By Dan Brown. Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail. | 19 | | 2 | THE NARROWS (Little, Brown, $25.95)
By Michael Connelly. The infamous killer "the Poet" strikes again, and a close friend of Harry Bosch is the latest victim. | 1 | | 3 | THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
(Hyperion, $19.95). By Mitch Albom. A parable illustrating the importance of life's smallest acts. | 19 | | 4 | MEMORIAL DAY (Atria, $25.95). By Vince Flynn
The CIA's almost effortless thwarting of an al Qaeda attack arouses the suspicion of agent Mitch Rapp. | 1 | | 5 | NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME (Simon & Schuster, $25.95)
By Mary Higgins Clark. A serial killer using the moniker "the Owl" targets women at his high school reunion. | 5 | | 6 | ANGELS & DEMONS (Atria, $19.95). By Dan Brown
The hardcover edition of Brown's thriller revolving around a nefarious group's plot against the Vatican. | 13 | | 7 | THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE (Pantheon, $19.95)
By Alexander McCall Smith. Precious Ramotswe assists the local hairdresser in sorting out prospective suitors. | 3 | | 8 | THERAPY (Ballantine, $26.95). By Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware's inquiry into a savage double homicide steers him to one victim's celebrity therapist. | 3 | <
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