Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, June 20, 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. | 24 | | 2 | ANNA KARENINA (Penguin, $16). By Leo Tolstoy
An illicit affair and its tragic consequences set amid the milieu of 19th-century Russian high society. | 2 | | 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. | 2 | | 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. | 4 | | 5 | 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. | 8 | | 6 | 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. | 2 | | 7 | DECEPTION POINT (Pocket, $7.99). By Dan Brown
A meteorite discovered by NASA, containing never-before-seen fossils, may be a giant hoax. | 24 | | 8 | THE NOTEBOOK (Warner, $7.50). By Nicholas Sparks
Sparks's first novel focuses on an unfulfilled teenage romance that gets a second chance 14 years later. | 1 | | 9 | THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (Penguin, $14)
By Sue Monk Kidd. Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven. | 20 | | 10 | THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Broadway, $13.95)
By Lauren Weisberger. A prima donna fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant. | 7 | | 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. | 21 | | 2 | UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A STORY OF
VIOLENT FAITH (Anchor, $14.95). By Jon Krakauer
A look at a shocking 1984 murder in the name of religion. | 1 | | 3 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE
(Simon & Schuster, $16.95). By Walter Isaacson. The accomplished life of the politician, inventor and diplomat. | 6 | | 4 | 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. | 2 | | 5 | ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY (Back Bay, $14.95)
By David Sedaris. Autobiographical essays told with an appreciation for life's many ironies. | 2 | | 6 | 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. | 17 | | 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. | 17 | | 8 | 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. | 5 | | 9 | LIVING HISTORY (Scribner, $16)
By Hillary Rodham Clinton. The senator and former first lady offers a new afterword in this edition of her memoir. | 9 | | 10 | MONEYBALL (Norton, $3.95). By Michael Lewis
How the general manager's budget-savvy style led to a winning season for the Oakland A's. | 10 | | Hardcover | | | Fiction | | | 1 | SONG OF SUSANNAH: THE DARK TOWER VI
(Scribner, $30). By Stephen King. In this penultimate book of the series, time travel aids the gunslingers' quest. | 1 | | 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. | 5 | | 3 | 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. | 24 | | 4 | THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
(Hyperion, $19.95). By Mitch Albom. A parable illustrating the importance of life's smallest acts. | 24 | | 5 | 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. | 18 | | 6 | 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. | 6 | | 7 | 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. | 2 | | 8 | GRANT COMES EAST (St. Martin's, $24.95)
By Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen. Civil War history is reimagined in this sequel to "Gettysburg." | 1 | | 9 | 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. | 3 | | 10 | 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. | 5 | | Nonfiction/General | | | 1 | DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
(Little, Brown, $24.95). By David Sedaris. Another round of amusing, self-deprecating essays. | 2 | | 2 | 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. | 5 | | 3 | PLAN OF ATTACK (Simon & Schuster, $28)
By Bob Woodward. Assessing the administration's motivations behind the green-lighting of the war in Iraq. | 8 | | 4 | BATTLE READY (Putnam, $28.95). By Tom Clancy
with Gen. Tony Zinni & Tony Koltz. The four-decade career of the retried head of the U.S. Central Command. | 3 | | 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. | 7 | | 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. | 2 | | 7 | A PRETEXT FOR WAR: 9/11, IRAQ, AND THE ABUSE OF
AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
(Doubleday, $26.95). By James Bamford | 1 | | 8 | FOUNDING MOTHERS: THE WOMEN WHO RAISED
OUR NATION (Morrow, $24.95). By Cokie Roberts
Documenting the contributions of wives and mothers. | 9 | | 9 | ON THE DOWN LOW: A JOURNEY INTO THE LIVES OF
"STRAIGHT" BLACK MEN WHO SLEEP WITH MEN
(Broadway, $21.95). By J. L. King | 8 | | 10 | MORE THAN MONEY: TRUE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO
LEARNED LIFE'S ULTIMATE LESSON
(ReganBooks, $24.95). By Neil Cavuto | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 13, 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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