Washington Area Bestsellers

Paperback Fiction1 ANGELS & DEMONS (Pocket Star, $7.99). By Dan Brown

The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.202 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.43 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Broadway, $13.95)

By Lauren Weisberger. A prima donna fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant.44 NAKED PREY (Berkley, $7.99). By John Sandford

In his investigation of a grisly double murder, Lucas Davenport unearths a global crime consortium.15 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.46 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.37 DECEPTION POINT (Pocket, $7.99). By Dan Brown

A meteorite discovered by NASA, containing never-before-seen fossils, may be a giant hoax.208 WITH OPEN ARMS (Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts

An omnibus edition of two romance novels featuring headstrong women embarking on new lives.39 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.210 DIGITAL FORTRESS (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Dan Brown

A former NSA operative develops an impenetrable code that could threaten the viability of U.S. intelligence.19 Nonfiction/General1 READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN (Random House, $13.95)

By Azar Nafisi. A professor's memoir of her clandestine Western literature discussion group for women students.172 LIVING HISTORY (Scribner, $16)

By Hillary Rodham Clinton. The senator and former first lady offers a new afterword in this edition of her memoir.53 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE

(Simon & Schuster, $16.95). By Walter Isaacson. The accomplished life of the inventor, politician and diplomat.24 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY (Vintage, $14.95)