Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, July 25, 2004; Page BW11
| Paperback | | | Fiction | | | 1 | THE NOTEBOOK (Warner, $12.95; $7.50)
By Nicholas Sparks. In this first novel, an unfulfilled teenage romance gets a second chance 14 years later. | 6 | | 2 | BLEACHERS (Dell, $6.99). By John Grisham
A former high school football star returns to his hometown when he learns that his old coach is dying. | 4 | | 3 | THE WEDDING (Warner, $12.95). By Nicholas Sparks
In this sequel to Sparks's "The Notebook," Wilson Lewis vows to rekindle his 30-year marriage. | 3 | | 4 | ANGELS & DEMONS (Pocket Star, $7.99). By Dan Brown
The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave. | 29 | | 5 | THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (Bantam, $7.99)
By Robert Ludlum. Agent David Webb resumes his Bourne alias to thwart a madman's plot to seize Hong Kong. | 2 | | 6 | BLIND SIDE (Jove, $7.99). By Catherine Coulter
While on the hunt for a serial killer, married FBI agents Savich & Sherlock must deal with a child kidnapping. | 3 | | 7 | 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. | 9 | | 8 | DECEPTION POINT (Pocket, $7.99). By Dan Brown
A meteorite discovered by NASA, containing never-before-seen fossils, may be a giant hoax. | 28 | | 9 | DIGITAL FORTRESS (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Dan Brown
A former NSA operative develops an impenetrable code that may imperil the viability of U.S. intelligence. | 25 | | 10 | 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. | 13 | | 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. | 26 | | 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. | 6 | | 3 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? (Warner, $14.95)
By Michael Moore. An evaluation of the current administration, topped off with election strategies. | 1 | | 4 | 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. | 22 | | 5 | 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. | 22 | | 6 | 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. | 10 | | 7 | TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (Broadway, $12.95)
By Mitch Albom. The sportswriter chronicles his emotional reunion with his mentor from college days. | 17 | | 8 | ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY (Back Bay, $14.95)
By David Sedaris. Autobiographical essays told with an appreciation for life's many ironies. | 7 | | 9 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (Picador USA, $14)
By Augusten Burroughs. A coming-of-age memoir chock-full of hilarious and downright disturbing moments. | 7 | | 10 | STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS
(Norton, $13.95). By Mary Roach. The startling, often amusing ways in which cadavers are put to use. | 3 | | Hardcover | | | Fiction | | | 1 | R IS FOR RICOCHET (Putnam, $26.95). By Sue Grafton
P.I. Kinsey Millhone agrees to look after a just-paroled heiress, whose former boss is wanted by the Feds. | 1 | | 2 | THE DA VINCI CODE (Doubleday, $24.95)
By Dan Brown. Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail and a killer's identity. | 29 | | 3 | SKINNY DIP (Knopf, $24.95). By Carl Hiaasen
A sleazy biologist, concealing an agribusiness's Everglades pollution, is undone by the wife he thought he murdered. | 1 | | 4 | 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. | 10 | | 5 | SAM'S LETTERS TO JENNIFER (Little, Brown, $24.95)
By James Patterson. A Chicago columnist and widow finds a cache of letters written to her by her grandmother. | 3 | | 6 | THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
(Hyperion, $19.95). By Mitch Albom. A parable illustrating the importance of life's smallest acts. | 29 | | 7 | 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. | 23 | | 8 | TEN BIG ONES (St. Martin's, $25.95)
By Janet Evanovich. In this Stephanie Plum mystery, the intrepid bounty hunter is targeted by a gang member. | 4 | | 9 | KISS ME WHILE I SLEEP (Ballantine, $25.95)
By Linda Howard. Lily Mansfield, a CIA assassin, alarms the agency when she begins to abide by her own set of rules. | 1 | | 10 | KILL THE MESSENGER (Bantam, $26). By Tami Hoag
A bike courier finds his life in jeopardy because of a parcel meant for a just-murdered defense attorney. | 2 | | Nonfiction/General | | | 1 | MY LIFE (Knopf, $35). By Bill Clinton
The former president's lengthy reminiscences of his tumultuous childhood and political achievements. | 4 | | 2 | SHADOW DIVERS (Random House, $26.95)
By Robert Kurson. A pair of American sea-wreck divers' near-obsessive effort to identify a submerged WWII U-boat. | 3 | | 3 | DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
(Little, Brown, $24.95). By David Sedaris. Another round of comical, often self-deprecating essays. | 7 | | 4 | IMPERIAL HUBRIS: WHY THE WEST IS LOSING THE
WAR ON TERROR (Brassey''s, $27.50). By Anonymous
A CIA agent's compelling arguments for policy change. | 2 | | 5 | WHO LET THE DOGS IN?: INCREDIBLE POLITICAL
ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN (Random House, $22.95)
By Molly Ivins. A roundup of the journalist's wry prose. | 1 | | 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. | 7 | | 7 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Penguin Press, $35)
By Ron Chernow. The remarkable life of the Founding Father, who went from aide-de-camp to treasury secretary. | 12 | | 8 | WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?: HOW THE
CONSERVATIVES WON THE HEART OF AMERICA
(Metropolitan, $24). By Thomas Frank | 1 | | 9 | RIC FLAIR: TO BE THE MAN
(World Wrestling Entertainment, $26). By Ric Flair with
Keith Elliot Greenberg. The superstar wrestler speaks. | 1 | | 10 | PLAN OF ATTACK (Simon & Schuster, $28)
By Bob Woodward. Assessing the administration's motivations behind the green-lighting of the war in Iraq. | 13 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 18, 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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