Washington Area Bestsellers


Sunday, July 24, 2005; Page BW11

Paperback
Fiction
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TRACE(Berkley, $7.99). By Patricia Cornwell

Kay Scarpetta returns to the medical examiner's office to help the new director sort out a young girl's death.

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THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14). By Khaled Hosseini

An Afghan immigrant travels to his Taliban-ruled country in the hope of atoning for a childhood betrayal.

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3

THE RULE OF FOUR(Dell, $7.99). By Ian Caldwell

and Dustin Thomason.Four roommates at Princeton attempt to unlock the secrets of a 14th-century manuscript.

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4THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME(Vintage, $12.95). By Mark Haddon.An autistic boy digs into a poodle's death, unearthing some family secrets.59
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NIGHTS OF RAIN AND STARS(Signet, $9.99)

By Maeve Binchy.A tragedy at a Greek seaside resort brings four disparate travelers together.

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6

ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99)

By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.

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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.

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LITTLE EARTHQUAKES(Washington Square, $14)

By Jennifer Weiner.A prenatal yoga class is the setting for four women meeting and becoming fast friends.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14)

By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven.

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10

THE SUMMER I DARED(Pocket, $9.95)

By Barbara Delinsky.A boating accident off the Maine coast leaves three survivors grappling with second chances.

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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.

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2

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)

By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the rise of civilization.

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3

DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM

(Back Bay, $14.95). By David Sedaris.A collection of witty, comic essays starring the humorist's family.

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4

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95)

By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.

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5

THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY(Vintage, $14.95)

By Erik Larson.Serial killer H.H. Holmes preys on Chicago residents amid the bustle of the 1893 World's Fair.

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6

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.

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7

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY(Back Bay, $14.95)

By David Sedaris.Autobiographical essays told with an appreciation for life's ironies.

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8

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING

(Broadway, $15.95). By Bill Bryson.A quirky, popular guide to science's grandest achievements.

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9

PLEDGED: THE SECRET LIFE OF SORORITIES

(Hyperion, $13.95). By Alexandra Robbins

The inner workings of one Greek chapter laid bare.

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10

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE(Broadway, $12.95)

By Mitch Albom.The sportswriter chronicles his emotional reunion with his mentor from college days.

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Hardcover
Fiction
1

LIFEGUARD(Little, Brown, $26.95). By James Patterson

and Andrew Gross.A Boston boy's promising life in Palm Beach goes to pot after a failed $60 million art heist.

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2

THE HISTORIAN(Little, Brown, $25.95)

By Elizabeth Kostova.A multi-generational saga of one family's precarious scrutiny of the Dracula legend.

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3

ORIGIN IN DEATH(Putnam, $24.95). By J.D. Robb

In this near-future thriller featuring Detective Eve Dallas, a cosmetic surgeon's murder portends a chilling secret.

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4

UNTIL I FIND YOU(Random House, $27.95)

By John Irving.Celebrity actor Jack Burns confronts a harrowing past by tracking down his long-absent father.

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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 killer's identity.

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6

ELEVEN ON TOP(St. Martin's, $26.95)

By Janet Evanovich.Despite giving up her bounty-hunter role, Stephanie Plum is dodging danger once again.

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7

THE MERMAID CHAIR(Viking, $24.95)

By Sue Monk Kidd.Jessie's visit with her ailing mother brings some surprising confidences to light.

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8

MIRACLE(Delacorte, $20). By Danielle Steel

A furious storm brings together an unlikely trio: a wealthy widower, a lonely divorcée and a humble carpenter.

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9

CRUSADER'S CROSS(Simon & Schuster, $25.95)

By James Lee Burke.A chum's deathbed confession forces Dave Robicheaux to revisit an incident from his past.

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10

BREAKING POINT(Ballantine, $21.95)

By Suzanne Brockmann.FBI agent Max Bhagat is rattled when his former paramour is kidnapped by mercenaries.

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Nonfiction/General
1

1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough

Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution.

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2

THE SECRET MAN: THE STORY OF WATERGATE'S

DEEP THROAT(Simon & Schuster, $23)

By Bob Woodward.W. Mark Felt's crucial role.

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3

CONFESSIONS OF A VIDEO VIXEN(Amistad, $24.95)

By Karrine Steffans.The hip-hop video actress exposes her painful past and the gritty side of a glittering industry.

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4

FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES

THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95)

By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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5

THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50)

By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalism's colossal impact.

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6

BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING

(Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell

The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.

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7

100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA

(AND AL FRANKEN IS #37)(HarperCollins, $25.95)

By Bernard Goldberg.Targeting the "cultural elite."

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8

THE TRUTH ABOUT HILLARY: WHAT SHE KNEW,WHEN

SHE KNEW IT, AND HOW FAR SHE'LL GO TO BECOME

PRESIDENT(Sentinel, $24.95). By Edward Klein

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9

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.

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10

ON BULLSHIT(Princeton Univ., $9.95)

By Harry G. Frankfurt.A philosophical primer for detecting the phenomenon in our culture.

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