Washington Area Bestsellers

Washington Area Bestsellers

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Paperback
Fiction
1
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.
3
2
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.
37
3
ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99)
By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.
75
4
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.
3
5 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. 55
6
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.
3
7
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.
3
8
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14)
By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven.
29
9
SUMMER'S CHILD(Bantam, $7.50). By Luanne Rice
After fleeing her abusive husband and starting over, Lily is tested by her daughter's serious heart condition.
3
10
TOM CLANCY'S OP-CENTER: WAR OF EAGLES
(Berkley, $7.99). By Jeff Rovin.Attacks on Chinese interests overseas threaten to escalate into a global crisis.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
(Back Bay, $14.95). By David Sedaris.A collection of witty, comical essays starring the humorist's family.
3
2
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.
25
3
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.
43
4
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95)
By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.
72
5
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)
By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the rise of civilization.
28
6
MY LIFE(Vintage, $17.95). By Bill Clinton
The former president reminisces about his tumultuous childhood and political accomplishments.
3
7
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.
68
8
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
(Broadway, $15.95). By Bill Bryson.A quirky, popular guide to science's grandest achievements.
30
9
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?: HOW
CONSERVATIVES WON THE HEART OF AMERICA
(Owl, $14). By Thomas Frank.With Election 2004 update.
9
10
A TREASURY OF DECEPTION: LIES, MISLEADERS,
HOODWINKERS ...(Penguin, $14). By Michael Farquhar
History's most outrageous shams and duplicitous deeds.
1
Hardcover
Fiction
1
THE HISTORIAN(Little, Brown, $25.95)
By Elizabeth Kostova.A multi-generational tale of one family's scrutiny of the Dracula legend, ripe with suspense.
1
2
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.
7
3
THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95)
By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's visit with her ailing mother brings some surprising confidences to light.
11
4
A LONG WAY DOWN(Riverhead,$24.95)
By Nick Hornby.Four individuals, about to commit suicide, meet by chance on a rooftop New Year's Eve.
2
5
THE DA VINCI CODE(Doubleday, $24.95)
By Dan Brown.Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail and a murderer's identity.
75
6
DANCE OF DEATH(Warner, $25.95). By Douglas Preston
& Lincoln Child.FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast matches wits with his deranged brother, who is on a killing spree.
1
7
KILLING TIME(Ballantine, $25.95). By Linda Howard
A 1985 time capsule is exhumed and looted, after which its contributors begin to die in puzzling circumstances.
1
8
TRUE BELIEVER(Warner, $24.95). By Nicholas Sparks
A science reporter, famed for his myth-debunking articles, investigates eerie lights in a North Carolina cemetery.
10
9
THE CLOSERS(Little, Brown, $26.95)
By Michael Connelly.After two years of retirement, Harry Bosch rejoins the LAPD in its new cold case unit.
5
10
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.
4
Nonfiction/General
1
1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough
Military campaigns and personal narratives relate the saga of the first full year of the American Revolution.
4
2
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50)
By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalization's colossal impact.
11
3
FREAKONOMICS; A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95)
By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
10
4
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING
(Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell
The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.
23
5
WINNING(HarperBusiness, $27.95). By Jack Welch
with Suzy Welch.A top-to-bottom management guidebook by the former CEO of General Electric.
11
6
ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95)
By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture today.
12
7
ONE SOLDIER'S STORY: A MEMOIR
(HarperCollins, $25.95). By Bob Dole.The former senator's military career and life-changing injury.
6
8
AMERICA (THE BOOK): A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO
DEMOCRACY INACTION(Warner, $24.95)
By Jon Stewart & the Daily Show.Humor meets history.
31
9
THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE
(Random House, $29.95). By John F. Harris.
The strengths and foibles of the former embattled president.
3
10
ALL THOSE MORNINGS ... AT THE POST
(PublicAffairs, $27.50). By Shirley Povich.An anthology of the longtime Washington Post sportswriter's columns.
1

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	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.	3
2	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.	37
3	ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99) By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.	75
4	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.	3
5	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.	55
6	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.	3
7	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.	3
8	THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14) By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven.	29
9	SUMMER'S CHILD(Bantam, $7.50). By Luanne Rice After fleeing her abusive husband and starting over, Lily is tested by her daughter's serious heart condition.	3
10	TOM CLANCY'S OP-CENTER: WAR OF EAGLES (Berkley, $7.99). By Jeff Rovin.Attacks on Chinese interests overseas threaten to escalate into a global crisis.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM (Back Bay, $14.95). By David Sedaris.A collection of witty, comical essays starring the humorist's family.	3
2	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.	25
3	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.	43
4	READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95) By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.	72
5	GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the rise of civilization.	28
6	MY LIFE(Vintage, $17.95). By Bill Clinton The former president reminisces about his tumultuous childhood and political accomplishments.	3
7	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.	68
8	A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING (Broadway, $15.95). By Bill Bryson.A quirky, popular guide to science's grandest achievements.	30
9	WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?: HOW CONSERVATIVES WON THE HEART OF AMERICA (Owl, $14). By Thomas Frank.With Election 2004 update.	9
10	A TREASURY OF DECEPTION: LIES, MISLEADERS, HOODWINKERS ...(Penguin, $14). By Michael Farquhar History's most outrageous shams and duplicitous deeds.	1
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	THE HISTORIAN(Little, Brown, $25.95) By Elizabeth Kostova.A multi-generational tale of one family's scrutiny of the Dracula legend, ripe with suspense.	1
2	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.	7
3	THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95) By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's visit with her ailing mother brings some surprising confidences to light.	11
4	A LONG WAY DOWN(Riverhead,$24.95) By Nick Hornby.Four individuals, about to commit suicide, meet by chance on a rooftop New Year's Eve.	2
5	THE DA VINCI CODE(Doubleday, $24.95) By Dan Brown.Ciphers and riddles impede a symbologist's quest for the Holy Grail and a murderer's identity.	75
6	DANCE OF DEATH(Warner, $25.95). By Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast matches wits with his deranged brother, who is on a killing spree.	1
7	KILLING TIME(Ballantine, $25.95). By Linda Howard A 1985 time capsule is exhumed and looted, after which its contributors begin to die in puzzling circumstances.	1
8	TRUE BELIEVER(Warner, $24.95). By Nicholas Sparks A science reporter, famed for his myth-debunking articles, investigates eerie lights in a North Carolina cemetery.	10
9	THE CLOSERS(Little, Brown, $26.95) By Michael Connelly.After two years of retirement, Harry Bosch rejoins the LAPD in its new cold case unit.	5
10	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.	4
	Nonfiction/General
1	1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives relate the saga of the first full year of the American Revolution.	4
2	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50) By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalization's colossal impact.	11
3	FREAKONOMICS; A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner	10
4	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.	23
5	WINNING(HarperBusiness, $27.95). By Jack Welch with Suzy Welch.A top-to-bottom management guidebook by the former CEO of General Electric.	11
6	ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95) By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture today.	12
7	ONE SOLDIER'S STORY: A MEMOIR (HarperCollins, $25.95). By Bob Dole.The former senator's military career and life-changing injury.	6
8	AMERICA (THE BOOK): A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY INACTION(Warner, $24.95) By Jon Stewart & the Daily Show.Humor meets history.	31
9	THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE (Random House, $29.95). By John F. Harris. The strengths and foibles of the former embattled president.	3
10	ALL THOSE MORNINGS ... AT THE POST (PublicAffairs, $27.50). By Shirley Povich.An anthology of the longtime Washington Post sportswriter's columns.	1