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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Paperback
Fiction
1
THE DA VINCI CODE(Anchor, 14.95; $7.99)
By Dan Brown.A startling murder and ancient cryptograms spur a perilous hunt for the Cup of Christ.
11
2
4TH OF JULY(Warner Vision, $9.99)
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.The latest in the Women's Murder Club series features Lt. Lindsay Boxer.
2
3
BLUE SMOKE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts
Arson inspector Reena Hale's thriving career and budding romance are in jeopardy thanks to a firebug with a grudge.
2
4
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA(Anchor, $7.99)
(Broadway, $13.95). By Lauren Weisberger.A haughty fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant.
10
5
ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $9.99)
By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.
99
6
BLACK WIND(Berkley, $9.99). By Clive Cussler
and Dirk Cussler.Dirk Pitt Sr. & Jr. rally to avert a biochemical attack on the U.S. meant to implicate Japan.
1
7
A WEDDING IN DECEMBER(Back Bay, $14.95)
By Anita Shreve.A winter wedding sets the stage for a reunion of college friends, exposing myriad secrets.
6
8
THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14)
By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal.
86
9
SUMMER OF ROSES(Bantam, $7.50). By Luanne Rice
Mara, who fled to Nova Scotia to escape an abusive husband, returns home to help her ailing grandmother.
2
10
MARCH(Penguin, $14). By Geraldine Brooks
The imagined Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women."
6
Nonfiction/General
1
NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel
The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
29
2
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY
EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE
CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore
2
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.
76
4
THE GREAT INFLUENZA: THE EPIC STORY OF
THE DEADLIEST PLAGUE IN HISTORY(Penguin, $16)
By John M. Barry.The worldwide toll of the 1918 virus.
5
5
THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA
(Third World, $12). Ed. by Tavis Smiley.Prominent African Americans propose a proactive plan for change.
14
6
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.
16
7
THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
(HarperPerennial, $14.95). Edited by Matt Weiland
and Sean Wilsey.32 writers on the 32 nations competing.
1
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.
111
9
HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD: AN UNLIKELY THEORY OF GLOBALIZATION(HarperPerennial, $13.95)
By Franklin Foer.Grasping globalization's diverse impact.
1
10
COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL
OR SUCCEED(Penguin, $17). By Jared Diamond
The fatal consequences of ecological mismanagement.
24
Hardcover
Fiction
1
AT RISK(Putnam, $21.95). By Patricia Cornwell
A tenacious DA employs new DNA technology to solve a 20-year-old murder and bolster her run for governor.
3
2
BEACH ROAD(Little, Brown, $27.95)
By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.Asensational murder case jump-starts a struggling attorney's career.
6
3
THE HUSBAND(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz
An unassuming landscaper's wife is kidnapped, and the culprits are demanding $2 million in cash in 60 hours.
2
4
TERRORIST(Knopf, $24.95). By John Updike
A frustrated New Jersey high school student becomes a zealous adherent of his local imam's radical views.
1
5
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD(Warner, $25.95)
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.FBI agent Pendergast vs. his fiendish brother: the final showdown.
2
6
THE SABOTEURS(Putnam, $25.95). By W.E.B. Griffin
and William E. Butterworth IV.A revival of the WWII-era"Men at War" series with OSS chief Col. William Donovan.
1
7
THE COLD MOON(Simon & Schuster, $26)
By Jeffery Deaver.A sadistic serial killer tests NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs.
2
8
DIGGING TO AMERICA(Knopf, $24.95). By Anne Tyler
Two couples' chance meeting at the airport while awaiting their adopted Korean daughters sparks a friendship.
6
8
THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
(Random House, $24.95). By Alan Furst.An Italian journalist aids a resistance newspaper in 1938 Paris.
2
10
DEAD WATCH(Putnam, $26.95). By John Sandford
An Army Intelligence veteran is called in when an ex-U.S. senator vanishes, casting suspicion on his political rival.
4
Nonfiction/General
1
GODLESS: THE CHURCH OF LIBERALISM
(Crown Forum, $27.95). By Ann Coulter.The polemic excoriates America's liberal traditions as anti-religious.
1
2
WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS: LESSONS AND LETTERS
FROM DAUGHTERS AND SONS
(Random House, $22.95). By Tim Russert
3
3
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A MEMOIR OF WAR,
DISASTERS, AND SURVIVAL(HarperCollins, $24.95)
By Anderson Cooper.Musings from theCNN reporter.
3
4
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE
WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95)
By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador.
26
5
MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY,
AND WAR(Viking, $29.95). By Nathaniel Philbrick
The saga of Plymouth Colony, stripped of mythology.
5
6
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30)
By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition.
8
7
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95)
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
60
8
MYTHS, LIES, AND DOWNRIGHT STUPIDITY: GET OUT
THE SHOVEL -- WHY EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG
(Hyperion, $24.95). By John Stossel.Libertarian views.
4
9
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER
EARRINGS: MADEA'S UNINHIBITED COMMENTARIES
ON LOVE AND LIFE(Riverhead, $23.95). By Tyler Perry
9
10
ARMED MADHOUSE(Dutton, $25.95)
By Greg Palast.A look at America's political landscape from the award-winning BBC investigative journalist.
1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 11, 2006. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2006 by Nielsen BookScan. (Right-hand column of italicized numbers represents weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. (Advice, reference and self-help books appear on a separate, monthly list.)

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	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE DA VINCI CODE(Anchor, 14.95; $7.99) By Dan Brown.A startling murder and ancient cryptograms spur a perilous hunt for the Cup of Christ.	11
2	4TH OF JULY(Warner Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.The latest in the Women's Murder Club series features Lt. Lindsay Boxer.	2
3	BLUE SMOKE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts Arson inspector Reena Hale's thriving career and budding romance are in jeopardy thanks to a firebug with a grudge.	2
4	THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA(Anchor, $7.99) (Broadway, $13.95). By Lauren Weisberger.A haughty fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant.	10
5	ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $9.99) By Dan Brown.The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.	99
6	BLACK WIND(Berkley, $9.99). By Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.Dirk Pitt Sr. & Jr. rally to avert a biochemical attack on the U.S. meant to implicate Japan.	1
7	A WEDDING IN DECEMBER(Back Bay, $14.95) By Anita Shreve.A winter wedding sets the stage for a reunion of college friends, exposing myriad secrets.	6
8	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal.	86
9	SUMMER OF ROSES(Bantam, $7.50). By Luanne Rice Mara, who fled to Nova Scotia to escape an abusive husband, returns home to help her ailing grandmother.	2
10	MARCH(Penguin, $14). By Geraldine Brooks The imagined Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women."	6
	Nonfiction/General
1	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	29
2	AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore	2
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.	76
4	THE GREAT INFLUENZA: THE EPIC STORY OF THE DEADLIEST PLAGUE IN HISTORY(Penguin, $16) By John M. Barry.The worldwide toll of the 1918 virus.	5
5	THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA (Third World, $12). Ed. by Tavis Smiley.Prominent African Americans propose a proactive plan for change.	14
6	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.	16
7	THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP (HarperPerennial, $14.95). Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.32 writers on the 32 nations competing.	1
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.	111
9	HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD: AN UNLIKELY THEORY OF GLOBALIZATION(HarperPerennial, $13.95) By Franklin Foer.Grasping globalization's diverse impact.	1
10	COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED(Penguin, $17). By Jared Diamond The fatal consequences of ecological mismanagement.	24
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	AT RISK(Putnam, $21.95). By Patricia Cornwell A tenacious DA employs new DNA technology to solve a 20-year-old murder and bolster her run for governor.	3
2	BEACH ROAD(Little, Brown, $27.95) By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.Asensational murder case jump-starts a struggling attorney's career.	6
3	THE HUSBAND(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz An unassuming landscaper's wife is kidnapped, and the culprits are demanding $2 million in cash in 60 hours.	2
4	TERRORIST(Knopf, $24.95). By John Updike A frustrated New Jersey high school student becomes a zealous adherent of his local imam's radical views.	1
5	THE BOOK OF THE DEAD(Warner, $25.95) By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.FBI agent Pendergast vs. his fiendish brother: the final showdown.	2
6	THE SABOTEURS(Putnam, $25.95). By W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.A revival of the WWII-era"Men at War" series with OSS chief Col. William Donovan.	1
7	THE COLD MOON(Simon & Schuster, $26) By Jeffery Deaver.A sadistic serial killer tests NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs.	2
8	DIGGING TO AMERICA(Knopf, $24.95). By Anne Tyler Two couples' chance meeting at the airport while awaiting their adopted Korean daughters sparks a friendship.	6
8	THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Random House, $24.95). By Alan Furst.An Italian journalist aids a resistance newspaper in 1938 Paris.	2
10	DEAD WATCH(Putnam, $26.95). By John Sandford An Army Intelligence veteran is called in when an ex-U.S. senator vanishes, casting suspicion on his political rival.	4
	Nonfiction/General
1	GODLESS: THE CHURCH OF LIBERALISM (Crown Forum, $27.95). By Ann Coulter.The polemic excoriates America's liberal traditions as anti-religious.	1
2	WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS: LESSONS AND LETTERS FROM DAUGHTERS AND SONS (Random House, $22.95). By Tim Russert	3
3	DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A MEMOIR OF WAR, DISASTERS, AND SURVIVAL(HarperCollins, $24.95) By Anderson Cooper.Musings from theCNN reporter.	3
4	MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador.	26
5	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Viking, $29.95). By Nathaniel Philbrick The saga of Plymouth Colony, stripped of mythology.	5
6	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition.	8
7	FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner	60
8	MYTHS, LIES, AND DOWNRIGHT STUPIDITY: GET OUT THE SHOVEL -- WHY EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG (Hyperion, $24.95). By John Stossel.Libertarian views.	4
9	DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS: MADEA'S UNINHIBITED COMMENTARIES ON LOVE AND LIFE(Riverhead, $23.95). By Tyler Perry	9
10	ARMED MADHOUSE(Dutton, $25.95) By Greg Palast.A look at America's political landscape from the award-winning BBC investigative journalist.	1