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Sunday, April 24, 2005

Paperback
Fiction
1
THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14). By Khaled Hosseini
An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country in the hope of atoning for a childhood betrayal.
28
2
NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME(Pocket, $7.99)
By Mary Higgins Clark.A serial killer using the moniker "the Owl" targets women at a high school reunion.
4
3
R IS FOR RICOCHET(Berkley, $7.99). By Sue Grafton
P.I. Kinsey Millhone agrees to look after a just-paroled heiress, whose former boss is wanted by the Feds.
3
4
THERAPY(Ballantine, $7.99). By Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware's inquiry into a savage double homicide steers him to one victim's celebrity therapist.
3
5
ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99)
By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.
66
6
BLIND ALLEY(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen
A maniac bent on killing women resembling an ancient Roman actress threatens Eve Dallas's adopted daughter.
3
7
FULL BLOOM(St. Martin's, $7.99). By Janet Evanovich
Annie, proprietor of a southern B&B, becomes the prime suspect when her long-missing husband turns up dead.
2
8
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.
46
9
THE PRINCE OF BEVERLY HILLS(Signet, $7.99)
By Stuart Woods.Legendary actors (Garbo, Gable, Tracy) make cameos in this mystery set in Hollywood circa 1939.
1
10
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14)
By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl both comfort and a safe haven.
23
Nonfiction/General
1
THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95)
By Malcolm Gladwell.A look at fads and their origins.
16
2
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95)
By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.
63
3
LEAP OF FAITH: MEMOIRS OF AN UNEXPECTED LIFE
(Miramax, $13.95). By Queen Noor.Her journey from American youth (née Lisa Halaby) to Jordanian monarch.
4
4
BAD CAT: 244 NOT-SO-PRETTY KITTIES AND
CATS GONE BAD(Workman, $9.95). By Jim Edgar
Candid photos of felines acting up and acting out.
9
5
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three Rivers, $13.95)
By Barack Obama.A memoir of a challenging, often lonely youth by the freshman senator from Illinois.
34
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.
59
7
ALEXANDER HAMILTON(Penguin, $18)
By Ron Chernow.The remarkable life of the Founding Father who went from aide-de-camp to treasury secretary.
3
8
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)
By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the rise of civilization.
19
9
GHOST WARS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA,
AFGHANISTAN, AND BIN LADEN ... TO SEPT. 10, 2001
(Penguin, $16). By Steve Coll.Pulitzer Prize winner.
6
10
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL(Back Bay, $12.95)
By Asne Seierstad.A journalist's portrait of an Afghan family coping with the grim realities of life after war.
1
Hardcover
Fiction
1
TRUE BELIEVER(Warner, $24.95). By Nicholas Sparks
A science reporter, famed for his fraud-debunking articles, looks into eerie lights in a North Carolina cemetery.
1
2
THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95)
By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's caregiver trip to her mother's side brings long dormant secrets to light.
2
3
NO PLACE LIKE HOME(Simon & Schuster, $25.95)
By Mary Higgins Clark.A woman's tragic past looms when her husband innocently buys her childhood home.
2
4
STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH(Del Rey, $25.95)
By Matthew Stover.The novelization of George Lucas's film of Episode III, which releases May 19.
3
5
A STROKE OF MIDNIGHT(Ballantine, $23.95)
By Laurell K. Hamilton.Meredith Gentry, both human and faerie, calls on her mortal allies to aid the faerie kingdom.
1
6
SATURDAY(Doubleday, $26). By Ian McEwan
February 2003: A London neurosurgeon's day of leisure shifts from the mundane to the life-threatening.
4
7
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.
66
8
PREP(Random House, $21.95). By Curtis Sittenfeld
An Indiana teen enrolls at one of Boston's most exclusive private schools, heightening her already anxious state.
11
9
YA-YAS IN BLOOM(HarperCollins, $24.95)
By Rebecca Wells.Vignettes from the lives of the Ya-Ya sisterhood when they first met as girls in the 1930s.
3
10
TWO-DOLLAR BILL(Putnam, $25.95). By Stuart Woods
Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington is duped by a new client who turns out to be a con man extraordinaire.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50)
By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalization's colossal impact.
2
2
WINNING(HarperBusiness, $27.95). By Jack Welch
with Suzy Welch.A top-to-bottom guidebook for business management by the former CEO of General Electric.
2
3
AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO ...
(Free Press, $13.95). By Maria Shriver.Advice for girls during their transition from high school to college.
1
4
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING
(Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell
The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.
14
5
MY LIFE SO FAR(Random House, $26.95)
By Jane Fonda.The daughter of Hollywood royalty, actress and controversial activist sets the record straight.
2
6
ONE SOLDIER'S STORY: A MEMOIR
(HarperCollins, $25.95). By Bob Dole.The former senator's military service and life-changing injury.
2
7
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95)
By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen G. Dubner
1
8
ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95)
By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture today.
4
9
AN INVITATION TO JOY(Simon & Schuster, $30)
By Pope John Paul II.A photographic album of John Paul's papacy (up to 1999) with excerpts from his writings.
2
10
GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES: THE SECRET LIFE OF
A CRITIC IN DISGUISE(Penguin Press, $24.95)
By Ruth Reichl.Costumes and stealth at the dinner table.
1

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	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14). By Khaled Hosseini An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country in the hope of atoning for a childhood betrayal.	28
2	NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME(Pocket, $7.99) By Mary Higgins Clark.A serial killer using the moniker "the Owl" targets women at a high school reunion.	4
3	R IS FOR RICOCHET(Berkley, $7.99). By Sue Grafton P.I. Kinsey Millhone agrees to look after a just-paroled heiress, whose former boss is wanted by the Feds.	3
4	THERAPY(Ballantine, $7.99). By Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware's inquiry into a savage double homicide steers him to one victim's celebrity therapist.	3
5	ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99) By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.	66
6	BLIND ALLEY(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen A maniac bent on killing women resembling an ancient Roman actress threatens Eve Dallas's adopted daughter.	3
7	FULL BLOOM(St. Martin's, $7.99). By Janet Evanovich Annie, proprietor of a southern B&B, becomes the prime suspect when her long-missing husband turns up dead.	2
8	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.	46
9	THE PRINCE OF BEVERLY HILLS(Signet, $7.99) By Stuart Woods.Legendary actors (Garbo, Gable, Tracy) make cameos in this mystery set in Hollywood circa 1939.	1
10	THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14) By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl both comfort and a safe haven.	23
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95) By Malcolm Gladwell.A look at fads and their origins.	16
2	READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95) By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.	63
3	LEAP OF FAITH: MEMOIRS OF AN UNEXPECTED LIFE (Miramax, $13.95). By Queen Noor.Her journey from American youth (née Lisa Halaby) to Jordanian monarch.	4
4	BAD CAT: 244 NOT-SO-PRETTY KITTIES AND CATS GONE BAD(Workman, $9.95). By Jim Edgar Candid photos of felines acting up and acting out.	9
5	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three Rivers, $13.95) By Barack Obama.A memoir of a challenging, often lonely youth by the freshman senator from Illinois.	34
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.	59
7	ALEXANDER HAMILTON(Penguin, $18) By Ron Chernow.The remarkable life of the Founding Father who went from aide-de-camp to treasury secretary.	3
8	GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the rise of civilization.	19
9	GHOST WARS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND BIN LADEN ... TO SEPT. 10, 2001 (Penguin, $16). By Steve Coll.Pulitzer Prize winner.	6
10	THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL(Back Bay, $12.95) By Asne Seierstad.A journalist's portrait of an Afghan family coping with the grim realities of life after war.	1
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	TRUE BELIEVER(Warner, $24.95). By Nicholas Sparks A science reporter, famed for his fraud-debunking articles, looks into eerie lights in a North Carolina cemetery.	1
2	THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95) By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's caregiver trip to her mother's side brings long dormant secrets to light.	2
3	NO PLACE LIKE HOME(Simon & Schuster, $25.95) By Mary Higgins Clark.A woman's tragic past looms when her husband innocently buys her childhood home.	2
4	STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH(Del Rey, $25.95) By Matthew Stover.The novelization of George Lucas's film of Episode III, which releases May 19.	3
5	A STROKE OF MIDNIGHT(Ballantine, $23.95) By Laurell K. Hamilton.Meredith Gentry, both human and faerie, calls on her mortal allies to aid the faerie kingdom.	1
6	SATURDAY(Doubleday, $26). By Ian McEwan February 2003: A London neurosurgeon's day of leisure shifts from the mundane to the life-threatening.	4
7	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.	66
8	PREP(Random House, $21.95). By Curtis Sittenfeld An Indiana teen enrolls at one of Boston's most exclusive private schools, heightening her already anxious state.	11
9	YA-YAS IN BLOOM(HarperCollins, $24.95) By Rebecca Wells.Vignettes from the lives of the Ya-Ya sisterhood when they first met as girls in the 1930s.	3
10	TWO-DOLLAR BILL(Putnam, $25.95). By Stuart Woods Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington is duped by a new client who turns out to be a con man extraordinaire.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50) By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalization's colossal impact.	2
2	WINNING(HarperBusiness, $27.95). By Jack Welch with Suzy Welch.A top-to-bottom guidebook for business management by the former CEO of General Electric.	2
3	AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO ... (Free Press, $13.95). By Maria Shriver.Advice for girls during their transition from high school to college.	1
4	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.	14
5	MY LIFE SO FAR(Random House, $26.95) By Jane Fonda.The daughter of Hollywood royalty, actress and controversial activist sets the record straight.	2
6	ONE SOLDIER'S STORY: A MEMOIR (HarperCollins, $25.95). By Bob Dole.The former senator's military service and life-changing injury.	2
7	FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen G. Dubner	1
8	ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95) By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture today.	4
9	AN INVITATION TO JOY(Simon & Schuster, $30) By Pope John Paul II.A photographic album of John Paul's papacy (up to 1999) with excerpts from his writings.	2
10	GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES: THE SECRET LIFE OF A CRITIC IN DISGUISE(Penguin Press, $24.95) By Ruth Reichl.Costumes and stealth at the dinner table.	1