Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, June 19, 2005; Page BW11
BLACK ROSE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts Roz Harper finds herself falling for the fetching genealogist she hired to track the identity of an ancestral ghost. A SUMMER OF FAULKNER(Vintage, $29.95) By William Faulkner.The summer selections of the Oprah Book Club--three Faulkner novels in a special box set. 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. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?(Warner, $7.99) By Sidney Sheldon.The alluring widows of two murdered scientists team up to thwart a plot to control the weather. SUMMER'S CHILD(Bantam, $7.50). By Luanne Rice After fleeing an abusive husband and starting over, Lily is tested by her daughter's serious heart condition. ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99) By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave. SKINNY DIP(Warner, $12.95). By Carl Hiaasen A sleazy biologist, concealing an agribusiness's Everglades pollution, is undone by the wife he thought he murdered. RULES OF PLAY(Silhouette, $14.95). By Nora Roberts Two romance novellas, "The Heart's Victory" and "Opposites Attract," out of print for more than 10 years. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14) By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven. DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM (Back Bay, $14.95). By David Sedaris.A collection of comical essaysstarring the humorist's family. 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. READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95) By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students. MY LIFE(Vintage, $17.95). By Bill Clinton The former president reminisces about his tumultuous childhood and political accomplishments. 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. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography andthe environment on the rise of civilization. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three River, $13.95) By Barack Obama.A memoir of a challenging, often lonely childhood by the freshman senator from Illinois. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?: HOW CONSERVATIVES WON THE HEART OF AMERICA (Owl, $14). By Thomas Frank 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. WILD SWANS: THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA (Touchstone, $15). By Jung Chang.Glimpses of China transformed, sometimes brutally, across three generations. 4TH OF JULY(Little, Brown, $27.95) By James Patterson & Maxine Paetro.A member of the Women's Murder Club is on trial for police brutality. THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95) By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's visit with her ailing mother brings some surprising confidences to light. A LONG WAY DOWN(Riverhead, $24.95) By Nick Hornby.Four individuals, about to commit suicide, meet by chance on a rooftop onNew Year's Eve. TRUE BELIEVER(Warner, $24.95). By Nicholas Sparks Ascience reporter, famed for his myth-debunking articles, investigates strange lights in a North Carolina cemetery. THE TWELFTH CARD(Simon & Schuster, $25.95) By Jeffery Deaver.Lincoln Rhyme's forensic aptitude comes to the rescue of a schoolgirl stalked by a hit man. 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. THE CLOSERS(Little, Brown, $26.95) By Michael Connelly.After two years of retirement, Harry Bosch rejoins the LAPD in its new cold cases unit. RAGE(Ballantine, $26.95). By Jonathan Kellerman Psychiatrist Alex Delaware revisits the chilling case of two teens convicted of killing a toddler eight years earlier. VELOCITY(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz An affable bartender is forced to choose a sociopath's next series of victims via menacing, time-sensitive notes. LIE BY MOONLIGHT(Putnam, $24.95) By Amanda Quick.A plucky Victorian schoolmistress rescues her charges with the help of a dashing PI. 1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives relate the saga of the first full year of the American Revolution. THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50) By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalism's colossal impact. FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUEECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner BLINK: THEPOWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions. WINNING(HarperBusiness, $27.95). By Jack Welch with Suzy Welch.A top-to-bottom management guidebook by the former CEO of General Electric. AMERICA (THE BOOK): A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY INACTION(Warner, $24.95) By Jon Stewart & the Daily Show.Humor meets history. ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95) By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture today. BEING DEAD IS NO EXCUSE: THE OFFICIAL SOUTHERN LADIES GUIDE TO HOSTING THE PERFECT FUNERAL (Hyperion, $19.95). By Gayden Metcalfe et al. AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO ... (Free Press, $13.95). By Maria Shriver.Advice for girls on the transition from high school to college. THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE (Random House, $29.95). By John F. Harris The strengths and foibles of the embattled former president.Paperback Fiction 1 2 2 2 3 36 4 2 5 2 6 74 7 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, uncovering family secrets. 54 9 1 10 28 Nonfiction/General 1 2 2 24 3 71 4 2 5 67 6 27 7 42 8 8 9 17 10 1 Hardcover Fiction 1 6 2 10 3 1 4 9 5 1 6 74 7 4 8 3 8 3 10 1 Nonfiction/General 1 3 2 10 3 9 4 22 5 10 6 30 7 11 8 1 9 9 10 2
