Washington Area Bestsellers

Dustin Thomason. Four roommates at Princeton strive to uncover the secrets of a 15th-century manuscript.17 MEMORIAL DAY (Atria, $25.95). By Vince Flynn

The CIA's almost effortless thwarting of an al Qaeda attack raises the suspicions of agent Mitch Rapp.28 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.69 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.210 THERAPY (Ballantine, $26.95). By Jonathan Kellerman

Alex Delaware's inquiry into a savage double homicide steers him to one victim's celebrity therapist.4 Nonfiction/General1 BIG RUSS & ME: FATHER AND SON: LESSONS OF LIFE

(Miramax, $22.95). By Tim Russert. A memoir by the NBC journalist woven together with a tribute to his father.12 PLAN OF ATTACK (Simon & Schuster, $28)

By Bob Woodward. Assessing the administration's motivations behind green-lighting the war in Iraq.43 ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Penguin Press, $35)

By Ron Chernow. The remarkable life of the Founding Father who went from aide-de-camp to treasury secretary.34 ON THE DOWN LOW: A JOURNEY INTO THE LIVES OF

"STRAIGHT" BLACK MEN WHO SLEEP WITH MEN

(Broadway, $21.95). By J. L. King45 FOUNDING MOTHERS: THE WOMEN WHO RAISED

OUR NATION (Morrow, $24.95). By Cokie Roberts

Documenting the contributions of wives and mothers.56 AGAINST ALL ENEMIES: INSIDE AMERICA'S WAR

ON TERROR (Free Press, $27). By Richard A. Clarke

Revelations of the country's lack of preparedness.87 WORSE THAN WATERGATE: THE SECRET PRESIDENCY OF