Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, March 5, 2006; Page BW11
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| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE CLOSERS(Warner, $7.99). By Michael Connelly After two years of retirement, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD in its new cold-case unit. | 4 |
| 2 | THE BROKER(Dell, $7.99). By John Grisham The CIA finagles the release of an attorney from federal prison to gain access to a satellite surveillance system. | 13 |
| 3 | GILEAD(Picador USA, $14). By Marilynne Robinson An elderly minister, in failing health, reflects on his enduring faith and a lifetime spent in the same Iowa town. | 6 |
| 4 | SKELETON MAN(HarperTorch, $7.99) By Tony Hillerman.Leaphorn & Chee hunt for diamonds lost in a 1956 plane collision over the Grand Canyon. | 4 |
| 5 | MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA(Vintage, $14.95) By Arthur Golden.The celebrated geisha, Sayuri, tells of her rise to fame and fortune in 1930s imperial Japan. | 15 |
| 6 | HONEYMOON(Warner, $13.95). By James Patterson & Howard Roughan.An FBI agent suspects the alluring fianc?e in a wealthy banker's death. | 7 |
| 7 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal. | 72 |
| 8 | THE THIRD SECRET(Ballantine, $7.99). By Steve Berry The final mystery of Fatima--which Pope John Paul II revealed in 2000--may be more than it seems. | 4 |
| 9 | ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE MOSCOW VECTOR (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Patrick Larkin.A toxin targeting DNA aids Russia's bid to regain lost territory. | 2 |
| 10 | IMPOSSIBLE(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel The owner of an influential gallery begins a tempestuous affair with a younger, somewhat Bohemian artist. | 4 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi camps during World War II. | 14 |
| 2 | IN COLD BLOOD(Vintage, $14). By Truman Capote Its melding of crime reportage and fictional techniques made this account of a grisly murder an instant classic. | 18 |
| 3 | A MILLION LITTLE PIECES(Anchor, $14.95) By James Frey.Billed as a memoir of addiction recovery, the author now admits to embellishing his tale. | 22 |
| 4 | COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED(Penguin, $17). By Jared Diamond The fatal consequences of ecological mismanagement. | 9 |
| 5 | 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. | 60 |
| 6 | CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN (Plume, $15). By John Perkins.Charges of financial malfeasance at the expense of developing nations. | 9 |
| 7 | ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION: USING THE MYSTERIESOF AUTISM TO DECODE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR(Harvest, $15) By Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson | 4 |
| 8 | 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. | 101 |
| 9 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeanette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 1 |
| 10 | FLYBOYS: A TRUE STORY OF COURAGE (Little, Brown, $7.99). By James Bradley.The dire captivity of eight American POWs held by Japanese forces. | 2 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Little, Brown, $27.95) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.Patients' puzzling deaths at a hospital suggest a ruthless murderer. | 2 |
| 2 | CELL(Scribner, $26.95). By Stephen King A mind-altering pulse sent simultaneously via all mobile phones in America turns its recipients into zombies. | 5 |
| 3 | THE TEMPLAR LEGACY(Ballantine, $24.95) By Steve Berry.An ex- Justice Deptartment agent spars with a lethal Templar order seeking a lost archive. | 1 |
| 4 | 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. | 100 |
| 5 | THE OLD WINE SHADES(Viking, $25.95) By Martha Grimes.Richard Jury is intrigued when a family vanishes--but their dog returns nine months later. | 1 |
| 6 | THE LAST TEMPLAR(Dutton, $24.95) By Raymond Khoury.Modern-day zealots fromthe Knights Templar hunt for a treasure not seen since 1291. | 5 |
| 7 | IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN (Random House, $23.95). By Sarah Dunant A woman's troubles and triumphs inRenaissance Venice. | 2 |
| 8 | THE TWO MINUTE RULE(Simon & Schuster, $24.95) By Robert Crais.Max, a bank robber on parole, turns to the fed who nabbed him to help solve Max's son's murder. | 1 |
| 9 | SEA CHANGE(Putnam, $24.95). By Robert B. Parker Small-town Mass. sheriff Jesse Stone probes the murder of a visiting Florida heiress with some kinky sexual whims. | 3 |
| 10 | 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. | 7 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 11 |
| 2 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $27.50) By Thomas L. Friedman.Globalism's colossal impact. | 46 |
| 3 | FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | 45 |
| 4 | MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER (Morrow, $26.95). By James L. Swanson.John Wilkes Booth's sensational, elusive flight from Washington, D.C. | 3 |
| 5 | YOU'RE WEARING THAT? UNDERSTANDING MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN CONVERSATION (Random House, $25.95). By Deborah Tannen | 5 |
| 6 | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING(Knopf, $23.95) By Joan Didion.A memoir of mourning; winner of the 2005 National Book Award for nonfiction. | 20 |
| 7 | NIGHT(FSG, $19.95). By Elie Wiesel Wiesel's memoir of the Holocaust--a wrenching act of witness--is the new selection of Oprah's Book Club. | 4 |
| 8 | TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $35) By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse. | 13 |
| 9 | BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions. | 45 |
| 10 | JAWBREAKER: THE ATTACK ON BIN LADEN AND AL QAEDA(Crown, $25.95). By Gary Bernsten Firsthand revelations from a CIA field commander. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Feb. 26, 2006. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright ? 2006 by Nielsen BookScan. (Right-hand column of italicized numbers reflects weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. The advice/miscellaneous list below reflects sales from 1/30/06 to 2/26/06.)
