Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, June 13, 2004; Page BW11
| Paperback | | | Fiction | | | 1 | ANNA KARENINA (Penguin, $16). By Leo Tolstoy
An illicit affair and its tragic consequences set amid the milieu of 19th-century Russian high society. | 1 | | 2 | ANGELS & DEMONS (Pocket Star, $7.99). By Dan Brown
The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave. | 23 | | 3 | DARK HORSE (Bantam, $7.99). By Tami Hoag
A former cop delves into the seedy side of the equestrian world to find a missing teenager being held for ransom. | 1 | | 4 | THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
(Vintage, $12). By Mark Haddon. An autistic boy digs into a poodle's death, unearthing some family secrets. | 3 | | 5 | TO THE NINES (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Janet Evanovich
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum heads to Las Vegas to find a contract worker who vanishes when his visa expires. | 1 | | 6 | THE KNOWN WORLD (Amistad, $13.95)
By Edward P. Jones. The tangled relationship between an ex-slave and his former master. | 2 | | 7 | 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. | 6 | | 8 | THE MACKADE BROTHERS: DEVIN & SHANE
(Silhouette, $14.95). By Nora Roberts. The bachelor siblings, one a sheriff, the other a rancher, find true love. | 2 | | 9 | 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. | 7 | | 10 | DECEPTION POINT (Pocket, $7.99). By Dan Brown
A meteorite discovered by NASA, containing never-before-seen fossils, may be a giant hoax. | 23 | | 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. | 20 | | 2 | A RIP IN HEAVEN: A MEMOIR OF A MURDER AND ITS
AFTERMATH (NAL, $12.95). By Jeanine Cummins
A spring-break vacation takes a tragic turn. | 1 | | 3 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE
(Simon & Schuster, $16.95). By Walter Isaacson. The accomplished life of the inventor, politician and diplomat. | 5 | | 4 | STUPID WHITE MEN ... AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR
THE STATE OF THE NATION (ReganBooks, $13.95)
By Michael Moore. Biting critiques on a range of issues. | 4 | | 5 | NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA
(Owl, $13). By Barbara Ehrenreich. The author reports on the working poor by joining their ranks. | 1 | | 6 | A ROYAL DUTY (Signet, $7.99). By Paul Burrell
The former royal butler describes his relationship -- both personal and professional -- with Diana, Princess of Wales. | 1 | | 7 | 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. | 16 | | 8 | LIVING HISTORY (Scribner, $16)
By Hillary Rodham Clinton. The senator and former first lady offers a new afterword in this edition of her memoir. | 8 | | 9 | ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY (Back Bay, $14.95)
By David Sedaris. Autobiographical essays told with an appreciation for life's ironies. | 1 | | 10 | BEOWULF (Norton, $13.95). By Seamus Heaney
The Whitbread Prize-winning translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic by the Irish poet and Nobel laureate. | 1 | | 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 and a murderer's identity. | 23 | | 2 | THE RULE OF FOUR (Dial, $24). By Ian Caldwell &
Dustin Thomason. Four roommates at Princeton attempt to unlock the secrets of a 15th-century manuscript. | 4 | | 3 | THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
(Hyperion, $19.95). By Mitch Albom. A parable illustrating the importance of life's smallest acts. | 23 | | 4 | 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. | 17 | | 5 | A GOOD YEAR (Knopf, $24). By Peter Mayle
When a London financier inherits a Provençal vineyard, he jettisons his less-than-stellar career and moves there. | 1 | | 6 | HIDDEN PREY (Putnam, $26.95). By John Sandford
Detective Davenport, acting as a special agent, is assigned to the case of a Russian found murdered on the docks. | 4 | | 7 | THE TAKING (Bantam, $27). By Dean R. Koontz
A rural California town, doused with an eerie, radiant downpour, soon realizes it's part of a global alien invasion. | 2 | | 8 | THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB (Putnam, $23.95)
By Karen Joy Fowler. Heady emotions and intimate secrets arise amid the book club's discussions of the Austen canon. | 5 | | 9 | THE NARROWS (Little, Brown, $25.95)
By Michael Connelly. The killer "the Poet" strikes again, and a close friend of Harry Bosch is the latest victim. | 5 | | 10 | BERGDORF BLONDES (Miramax, $23.95). By Plum Sykes
The lavish, shopping-spree, cocktail-fuled life of a young Manhattan socialite eagerly searching for love. | 2 | | Nonfiction/General | | | 1 | DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
(Little, Brown, $24.95). By David Sedaris. Another round of amusing, self-deprecating essays. | 1 | | 2 | BATTLE READY (Putnam, $28.95). By Tom Clancy
with Gen. Tony Zinni & Tony Koltz. The four-decade career of the retired head of the U.S. Central Command. | 2 | | 3 | PLAN OF ATTACK (Simon & Schuster, $28)
By Bob Woodward. Assessing the motives behind the administration's green-lighting of the war in Iraq. | 7 | | 4 | BIG RUSS & ME: FATHER AND SON: LESSONS OF LIFE
(Miramax, $22.95). By Tim Russert. A memoir by the NBC journalist, including a tribute to his father. | 4 | | 5 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Penguin Press, $35)
By Ron Chernow. The remarkable life of the Founding Father who went from aide-de-camp to treasury secretary. | 6 | | 6 | FATHER JOE: THE MAN WHO SAVED MY SOUL
(Random House, $24.95). By Tony Hendra. The life-altering influence of a kindly Benedictine monk. | 1 | | 7 | FOUNDING MOTHERS: THE WOMEN WHO RAISED
OUR NATION (Morrow, $24.95). By Cokie Roberts
Documenting the contributions of wives and mothers. | 8 | | 8 | ON THE DOWN LOW: A JOURNEY INTO THE LIVE OF
"STRAIGHT" BLACK MEN WHO SLEEP WITH MEN
(Broadway, $21.95). By J. L. King | 7 | | 9 | GRACE AND POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF
THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE (Random House, $29.95)
By Sally Bedell Smith. Tales of courage and scandal. | 4 | | 10 | WHY COURAGE MATTERS: THE WAY TO A BRAVER LIFE
(Random House, $16.95). By John McCain
with Mark Salter. Sketches of exemplary lives. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 6, 2004. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2004 by Nielsen BookScan. (Right-hand column of italicized numbers reflects weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. Advice and self-help books appear on a separate, monthly list.)
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