Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, October 3, 2004; Page BW15
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Scarpetta, taking a time-out in Florida to think about her future, helps the local authorities probe a killing spree.3 2
By David Baldacci. Crimes against two presidential candidates, though eight years apart, may be related.4 3
By Pearl S. Buck. The Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a farmer and his wife in the waning days of imperial China.2 4
The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threaten the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.39 5
By Nicholas Sparks. In this first novel, an unfulfilled teenage romance gets a second chance 14 years later.16 6 19 7
A reporter's corpse and an Arab boy suspected of terrorist connections are part of V.I. Warshawski's new case.4 8
An Afghani immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled homeland in the hopes of atoning for a childhood betrayal.1 9
By Nora Roberts. Anastasia Donovan, swept up in a romance, is uneasy about sharing her secret -- she's a witch.4 10
Vignettes in the life of a second-generation Bengali immigrant whose parents settled in Cambridge, Mass.3 1
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By Azar Nafisi. A professor's memoir of her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.36 3 2 4
(Penguin, $15). By Kevin Phillips. The Bush ascendancy.2 5
By Barack Obama. Memoir by the rising politician.7 6 8 7 2 8
By Erik Larson. Serial killer Henry Holmes preys on Chicago residents amid the bustle of the 1893 World's Fair.32 9
Revelations of the country's lack of preparedness.1 10 9 Hardcover 1 1 2
Kay Scarpetta returns to the medical examiner's office to help the new director sort out a young girl's death.3 3
By Maeve Binchy. A tragedy at a seaside Greek village brings four disparate tourists together.1 4
By Sidney Sheldon. The alluring widows of two murdered scientists team up to thwart a plot to control the weather.2 5
By Dan Brown. Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail.39 6
Two English magicians attempt to revive the age of magic.4 7 39 8
Dustin Thomason. Four roommates at Princeton try to unlock the secrets of a 15th-century manuscript.20 9
By Neal Stephenson. Charting the scientific revolution.1 10
Becky Rabinowitz narrates this tale of four women who meet at a prenatal yoga class and become fast friends.2 1
DEMOCRACY INACTION
By Jon Stewart & the Daily Show. Humor meets history.1 2
(Doubleday, $29.95). By Kitty Kelley. An unauthorized examination of three generations of the Bush clan.2 3
By John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi. A contrary view.7 4
By Cornel West. A call for democratic revitalization.1 5
By Dennis B. Ross. Insight from an American envoy.3 6
By Seymour M. Hersh. An investigative reporter's verdict.2 7
The former president's lengthy reminiscences about his tumultuous childhood and political accomplishments.14 8
By Gen. Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell
Memoir by the retired head of the U.S. Central Command.8 9 8 10
A CIA agent's argument for a foreign policy overhaul.12