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Washington Area Bestsellers

Sunday, July 16, 2006; BW11

Paperback
Fiction
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA(Anchor, $7.99)

(Broadway, $13.95). By Lauren Weisberger.A haughty fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant.

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2

THE LINCOLN LAWYER(Warner, $7.99)

By Michael Connelly.A defense attorney who works out of a Lincoln Town Car lands a wealthy client.

2
3

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.

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4

THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER(Penguin, $14)

By Kim Edwards.A doctor comes to regret telling his wife that one of their twins, a girl, died during delivery.

3
5

ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $9.99)

(Washington Square, $15). By Dan Brown.The Vatican is threatened at the outset of a papal conclave.

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6

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.

5
7

THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14)

By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal.

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8

ON THE WAY TO THE WEDDING(Avon, $7.99)

By Julia Quinn.Gregory Bridgerton's bumpy path to true love marks the final tale in Quinn's Regency-era series.

2
9

ELEVEN ON TOP(St. Martin's, $7.99)

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

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10A 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.9
Nonfiction/General
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1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). 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

NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel

The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

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3

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY

EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE

CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore

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4

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.

115
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.

80
6

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.

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7RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) By Augusten Burroughs.A coming-of-age memoir chock-full of hilarious and downright disturbing moments.17
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GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)

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

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9

THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)

By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.

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10

THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14)

By Rory Stewart.Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of the Mughal emperor, Babul.

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Hardcover
Fiction
1

TWELVE SHARP(St. Martin's, $26.95)

By Janet Evanovich.Bungling bounty hunter Stephanie Plum puts aside job anxiety to find a missing child.

3
2

COMING OUT(Delacorte, $20). By Danielle Steel

Olympia Crawford Rubinstein's thriving family life is roiled by her daughters' invitation to a debutante ball.

2
3

CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN

(Random House, $25.95). By Fannie Flagg.A comic, affecting tale of life in small town Elmwood Springs, Mo.

1
4

BEACH ROAD(Little, Brown, $27.95)

By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.Asensational murder case jump-starts a struggling attorney's career.

10
5

DANSE MACABRE(Berkley, $25.95)

By Laurell K. Hamilton.The patter of little feet may be in vampire hunter Anita Blake's future, but who's the father?

2
6

THE HUSBAND(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz

A gardener's wife is kidnapped, and the culprits (who watch his every move) demand $2 million in 60 hours.

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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.

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8

COVER OF NIGHT(Ballantine, $25.95)

By Linda Howard.A young widow's life is in jeopardy when a mysterious guest vanishes from herB&B.

2
9

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD(Warner, $25.95)

By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.FBI agent Pendergast vs. his fiendish brother: the final showdown.

6
10

BLACK ORDER(Morrow, $24.95). By James Rollins

Sigma Force, a special-ops branch of the U.S. military, confronts a sinister scheme to control the origin of life.

2
Nonfiction/General
1

THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE: DEEP INSIDE

AMERICA'S PURSUIT OF ITS ENEMIES SINCE 9/11

(Simon & Schuster, $27). By Ron Suskind

3
2

MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE

WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95)

By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador.

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3

MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY,

AND WAR(Viking, $29.95). By Nathaniel Philbrick

The saga of Plymouth Colony, stripped of mythology.

9
4

THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30)

By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition.

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5

GODLESS: THE CHURCH OF LIBERALISM

(Crown Forum, $27.95). By Ann Coulter.The polemicist excoriates America's liberal traditions as anti-religious.

5
6

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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7

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A MEMOIR OF WAR,

DISASTERS, AND SURVIVAL(HarperCollins, $24.95)

By Anderson Cooper.Musings from theCNN reporter.

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8

HEAT: AN AMATEUR'S ADVENTURES AS KITCHEN

SLAVE, LINE COOK, PASTA-MAKER AND APPRENTICE

... IN TUSCANY(Knopf, $25.95). By Bill Buford

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9

WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS: LESSONS AND LETTERS

FROM DAUGHTERS AND SONS

(Random House, $22.95). By Tim Russert

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10

AMERICAN GOSPEL: GOD, THE FOUNDING FATHERS,

AND THE MAKING OF A NATION

(Random House, $23.95). By Jon Meacham

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Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 9, 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. Advice, reference and self-help books appear on a separate, monthly list.)

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