Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, October 31, 2004; Page BW11
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By James Patterson. FBI novice Alex Cross matches wits with a Russian mobster trafficking in sexual slavery.4 2
A couple, jaded by all the material trappings of the holidays, decides to have a year without Christmas.2 3
An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled homeland in the hope of atoning for a childhood betrayal.5 4
By Dan Brown. The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.43 5
By Robert Ludlum. An American playboy and spy living in occupied Paris is sent to Russia on a sensitive mission.3 6
& Craig Dirko. The mercenary crew of the warship "Oregon" hopes to secure an ancient radioactive artifact.3 7 23 8
By David Baldacci. Crimes against two presidential candidates, though eight years apart, may be related.8 9
By Nora Roberts. Two of Roberts's novels, "Rules of the Game" and "The Name of the Game," now back in print.4 10
Scarpetta, taking a time-out in Florida to ponder her future, helps the local authorities probe a killing spree.7 1 14 2
By Azar Nafisi. A professor's memoir of her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.40 3
By H.G. Bissinger. A year spent observing the obsession with high school football in small town Odessa, Tex.3 4 6 5 6 6
By Erik Larson. Serial killer Henry Holmes preys on Chicago residents amid the bustle of the 1893 World's Fair.36 7
By Bob Woodward. Assessing the administration's motivations behind green-lighting the war in Iraq.3 8
By Barack Obama. Memoir by the rising politician.11 9
By Gabriel García Márquez. The Nobel laureate's first volume of a projected three-volume memoir.1 10
By Ann Coulter. Perceived foreign policy flaws.2 Hardcover 1
The usual tranquility of Lunacy, Alaska, is ruffled when a resident, missing for 16 years, is discovered murdered.2 2
By Dan Brown. Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail and a murderer's identity.43 3
Kay Scarpetta returns to the medical examiner's office to help the new director sort out a young girl's death.7 4
By Philip Roth. An alternate history in which Charles Lindbergh, as a Nazi sympathizer, is elected U.S. president.4 5
By R.A. Salvatore. The final volume in the fantasy trilogy chronicling the exploits of the Dark Elf Drizzt Do'Urden.1 6 42 7
By Anita Shreve. A woman reflects on the impact of her and her father's discovery of an abandoned infant.2 8
Two holiday tales from the romance writer: "All I Want for Christmas" and "Home for the Holidays." 3 9
On her return from her months-long honeymoon (or was it a shopping spree?), Becky learns she has a half-sister.4 10
By Diane Mott Davidson. Caterer and sometime sleuth Goldy Schulz suspects her ex-husband of vandalism.1 1
DEMOCRACY INACTION
By Jon Stewart & the Daily Show. Humor meets history.5 2 2 3
(Crown Forum, $26.95). By Ann Coulter. The conservative pundit maps out the American political scene.3 4 3 5
By Stephen Greenblatt. National Book Award nominee.2 6 6 7
By Tatum O'Neal. The Oscar-winning actress relates her battle with addiction and details of her volatile marriage.1 8
By John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi. A contrary view.11 9
By Seymour M. Hersh. An investigative reporter's verdict.6 10 3
