Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, June 18, 2006; Page BW11
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| 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 |
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| 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.)