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Sunday, October 2, 2005

Paperback
Fiction
1
HOUR GAME(Warner Vision, $7.99). By David Baldacci
A murderer, mimicking the modus operandi of notorious serial killers, threatens the hamlet of Wrightsburg, Va.
4
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.
51
3
LIGHT ON SNOW(Back Bay, $14.95). By Anita Shreve
The emotional repercussions of a father and daughter's discovery of an abandoned infant in the woods.
2
4
NIGHT TALES(Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts
Two stories of romantic suspense, "Night Shift" and "Night Shadow," republished in one volume.
8
5
WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED
WITCH OF THE WEST(Regan, $15). By Gregory Maguire
This riff on the "Oz" tales features a misunderstood witch.
6
6
THE KNOWN WORLD(Amistad, $13.95)
By Edward P. Jones.The tangled relationshipbetween an ex-slave (and plantation owner) and his former master.
2
7
ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99)
By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.
88
8
FIRESTORM(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen
Two firefighters, each with remarkable psychic abilities, begin a dalliance while tracking a pyromaniac.
3
9
DOUBLE SHOT(HarperTorch, $7.99)
By Diane Mott Davidson.Caterer and sometime sleuth Goldy Schulz suspects her ex-husband of vandalism.
2
10
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14)
By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven.
38
Nonfiction/General
1
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES(Anchor, $14.95)
By James Frey.A memoir of addiction and recovery, recently chosen for Oprah's book club.
1
2
WHY DO MEN HAVE NIPPLES?(Three Rivers, $12.95)
By Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg.Audacious questions to ask your doctor after that third cocktail.
7
3
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.
39
4
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE(Simon & Schuster, $14)
By Bob Dylan.The singer/songwriter contemplates pivotal moments in his career and artistic evolution.
2
5
WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE
BECAME SHAKESPEARE(Norton, $14.95)
By Stephen Greenblatt.The Bard and his times.
2
6
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.
82
7
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)
By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization.
42
8
BAD DOG: 278 OUTSPOKEN, INDECENT, AND
OVERDRESSED DOGS(Workman, $9.95)
By R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett and Rob Battles
1
9
RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA
(Simon & Schuster, $16). By John M. Barry
1
10
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95)
By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.
86
Hardcover
Fiction
1
GOODNIGHT NOBODY(Atria, $26). By Jennifer Weiner
A suburban mom jumps at the chance to escape dreary domesticity by looking into a fellow mother's murder.
1
2
THE MARCH(Random House, $25.95)
By E.L. Doctorow.Gen. Tecumseh Sherman's slash and burn through Georgia and the Carolinas in the Civil War.
1
3
ANANSI BOYS(Morrow, $26.95). By Neil Gaiman
Charlie Nancy is startled to learn that he (and a half brother) are the scions of the African trickster god, Anansi.
1
4
ON BEAUTY(Penguin Press, $25.95). By Zadie Smith
The lives of two families--one Bohemian, the other decidedly not--intersect, with unforeseen consequences.
2
5
THE HISTORIAN(Little, Brown, $25.95)
By Elizabeth Kostova.Three generations of one family pursue the undead Dracula by means of a medieval book.
15
6
POLAR SHIFT(Putnam, $26.95). By Clive Cussler with
Paul Kemprecos.The NUMA team must avert an ecological disaster wrought by anti-globalization zealots.
4
7
THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH(Warner, $24.95)
By Robert Hicks.The novelized tale of Carrie McGavock and the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., during the Civil War.
4
8
LIPSTICK JUNGLE(Hyperion, $24.95)
By Candace Bushnell.A quartet of savvy women juggle hectic careers, home lives and their devoted friendship.
3
9
FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE(Pantheon, $21.95)
By Alexander McCall Smith.Occasional gumshoe Isabel Dalhousie aids a young man beset by disturbing visions.
1
10
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.
89
Nonfiction/General
1
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50)
By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalism's colossal impact.
25
2
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95)
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
24
3
1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough
Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution.
17
4
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING
(Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell
The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.
37
5
TALKING BACK ... TO PRESIDENTS, DICTATORS,
AND ASSORTED SCOUNDRELS(Viking, $25.95)
By Andrea Mitchell.Memoir by an NBC News veteran.
2
6
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.
12
7
THE SHAME OF THE NATION: THE RESTORATION
OF APARTHEID SCHOOLING IN AMERICA(Crown, $25)
By Jonathan Kozol.Results of the activist's five-year study.
1
8
100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA
(AND AL FRANKEN IS #37)(HarperCollins, $25.95)
By Bernard Goldberg.Targeting the "cultural elite."
11
9
IMPERIAL GRUNTS: THE AMERICAN MILITARY
ON THE GROUND(Random House, $27.95)
By Robert D. Kaplan.U.S. soldiers around the world.
1
10
THE TENDER BAR: A MEMOIR(Hyperion, $23.95)
By J.R. Moehringer.A youth informed and inspired by time spent at the local pub in Manhasset, Long Island.
1

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	Paperback
	Fiction
1	HOUR GAME(Warner Vision, $7.99). By David Baldacci A murderer, mimicking the modus operandi of notorious serial killers, threatens the hamlet of Wrightsburg, Va.	4
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.	51
3	LIGHT ON SNOW(Back Bay, $14.95). By Anita Shreve The emotional repercussions of a father and daughter's discovery of an abandoned infant in the woods.	2
4	NIGHT TALES(Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts Two stories of romantic suspense, "Night Shift" and "Night Shadow," republished in one volume.	8
5	WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST(Regan, $15). By Gregory Maguire This riff on the "Oz" tales features a misunderstood witch.	6
6	THE KNOWN WORLD(Amistad, $13.95) By Edward P. Jones.The tangled relationshipbetween an ex-slave (and plantation owner) and his former master.	2
7	ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $7.99) By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.	88
8	FIRESTORM(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen Two firefighters, each with remarkable psychic abilities, begin a dalliance while tracking a pyromaniac.	3
9	DOUBLE SHOT(HarperTorch, $7.99) By Diane Mott Davidson.Caterer and sometime sleuth Goldy Schulz suspects her ex-husband of vandalism.	2
10	THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES(Penguin, $14) By Sue Monk Kidd.Three women beekeepers offer an abused girl comfort and a safe haven.	38
	Nonfiction/General
1	A MILLION LITTLE PIECES(Anchor, $14.95) By James Frey.A memoir of addiction and recovery, recently chosen for Oprah's book club.	1
2	WHY DO MEN HAVE NIPPLES?(Three Rivers, $12.95) By Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg.Audacious questions to ask your doctor after that third cocktail.	7
3	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.	39
4	CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE(Simon & Schuster, $14) By Bob Dylan.The singer/songwriter contemplates pivotal moments in his career and artistic evolution.	2
5	WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE(Norton, $14.95) By Stephen Greenblatt.The Bard and his times.	2
6	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.	82
7	GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization.	42
8	BAD DOG: 278 OUTSPOKEN, INDECENT, AND OVERDRESSED DOGS(Workman, $9.95) By R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett and Rob Battles	1
9	RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA (Simon & Schuster, $16). By John M. Barry	1
10	READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN(Random House, $13.95) By Azar Nafisi.A professor recalls her clandestine Western literature discussion groups for women students.	86
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	GOODNIGHT NOBODY(Atria, $26). By Jennifer Weiner A suburban mom jumps at the chance to escape dreary domesticity by looking into a fellow mother's murder.	1
2	THE MARCH(Random House, $25.95) By E.L. Doctorow.Gen. Tecumseh Sherman's slash and burn through Georgia and the Carolinas in the Civil War.	1
3	ANANSI BOYS(Morrow, $26.95). By Neil Gaiman Charlie Nancy is startled to learn that he (and a half brother) are the scions of the African trickster god, Anansi.	1
4	ON BEAUTY(Penguin Press, $25.95). By Zadie Smith The lives of two families--one Bohemian, the other decidedly not--intersect, with unforeseen consequences.	2
5	THE HISTORIAN(Little, Brown, $25.95) By Elizabeth Kostova.Three generations of one family pursue the undead Dracula by means of a medieval book.	15
6	POLAR SHIFT(Putnam, $26.95). By Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos.The NUMA team must avert an ecological disaster wrought by anti-globalization zealots.	4
7	THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH(Warner, $24.95) By Robert Hicks.The novelized tale of Carrie McGavock and the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., during the Civil War.	4
8	LIPSTICK JUNGLE(Hyperion, $24.95) By Candace Bushnell.A quartet of savvy women juggle hectic careers, home lives and their devoted friendship.	3
9	FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE(Pantheon, $21.95) By Alexander McCall Smith.Occasional gumshoe Isabel Dalhousie aids a young man beset by disturbing visions.	1
10	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.	89
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50) By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalism's colossal impact.	25
2	FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner	24
3	1776(Simon & Schuster, $32). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution.	17
4	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions.	37
5	TALKING BACK ... TO PRESIDENTS, DICTATORS, AND ASSORTED SCOUNDRELS(Viking, $25.95) By Andrea Mitchell.Memoir by an NBC News veteran.	2
6	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.	12
7	THE SHAME OF THE NATION: THE RESTORATION OF APARTHEID SCHOOLING IN AMERICA(Crown, $25) By Jonathan Kozol.Results of the activist's five-year study.	1
8	100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA (AND AL FRANKEN IS #37)(HarperCollins, $25.95) By Bernard Goldberg.Targeting the "cultural elite."	11
9	IMPERIAL GRUNTS: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ON THE GROUND(Random House, $27.95) By Robert D. Kaplan.U.S. soldiers around the world.	1
10	THE TENDER BAR: A MEMOIR(Hyperion, $23.95) By J.R. Moehringer.A youth informed and inspired by time spent at the local pub in Manhasset, Long Island.	1