Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, July 23, 2006; Page BW11
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA(Anchor, $7.99) (Broadway, $13.95). By Lauren Weisberger.A haughty fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant. | 15 |
| 2 | 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. | 4 |
| 3 | THE LINCOLN LAWYER(Warner, $7.99) By Michael Connelly.A defense attorney who works out of a Lincoln Town Car lands a wealthy client. | 3 |
| 4 | 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. | 16 |
| 5 | ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $9.99) (Washington Square, $15). By Dan Brown.The Vatican is threatened at the outset of a papal conclave. | 104 |
| 6 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal. | 91 |
| 7 | 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. | 6 |
| 8 | FIRE SALE(Signet, $9.99). By Sara Paretsky Private eye V.I. Warshawski finds some action when she agrees to sub for her old high school basketball coach. | 1 |
| 9 | BLUE SMOKE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts Arson inspector Reena Hale's thriving career and budding romance are in jeopardy, thanks to a vengeful firebug. | 5 |
| 10 | 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. | 4 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | 1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution. | 4 |
| 2 | AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore | 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. | 81 |
| 3 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 34 |
| 5 | 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. | 116 |
| 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. | 37 |
| 7 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 21 |
| 8 | THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14) By Rory Stewart.Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of the Mughal emperor Babul. | 4 |
| 9 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) By Augusten Burroughs.A coming-of-age memoir chock-full of hilarious as well as disturbing moments. | 18 |
| 10 | GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization. | 70 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | ANGELS FALL(Putnam, $25.95). By Nora Roberts Boston chef Renee Gilmore looks for solace in Wyoming after surviving a shooting but finds murder instead. | 1 |
| 2 | TWELVE SHARP(St. Martin's, $26.95) By Janet Evanovich.Bungling bounty hunter Stephanie Plum puts aside job anxiety to find a missing child. | 4 |
| 3 | BREAK NO BONES(Scribner, $25.95). By Kathy Reichs Spunky forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan unearths more than old bones at a Native American burial ground. | 1 |
| 4 | 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. | 2 |
| 5 | COMING OUT(Delacorte, $20). By Danielle Steel Olympia Crawford Rubinstein's thriving family life is roiled by her daughters' invitation to a debutante ball. | 3 |
| 6 | BEACH ROAD(Little, Brown, $27.95) By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.Asensational murder case jump-starts a struggling attorney's career. | 11 |
| 7 | 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. | 7 |
| 8 | 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? | 3 |
| 9 | 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. | 3 |
| 10 | 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. | 8 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE: DEEP INSIDE AMERICA'S PURSUIT OF ITS ENEMIES SINCE 9/11 (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Ron Suskind | 4 |
| 2 | CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE (Viking, $25.95). By John W. Dean.An erstwhile Republican warns his party has gone astray. | 1 |
| 3 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 31 |
| 4 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition. | 13 |
| 5 | MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Viking, $29.95). By Nathaniel Philbrick The saga of Plymouth Colony, stripped of mythology. | 10 |
| 6 | FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | 65 |
| 7 | GODLESS: THE CHURCH OF LIBERALISM (Crown Forum, $27.95). By Ann Coulter.The polemicist excoriates America's liberal traditions as anti-religious. | 6 |
| 8 | HEAT: AN AMATEUR'S ADVENTURES AS KITCHEN SLAVE, LINE COOK, PASTA-MAKER AND APPRENTICE ... IN TUSCANY(Knopf, $25.95). By Bill Buford | 4 |
| 9 | FEEDING THE MONSTER: HOW MONEY, SMARTS, AND NERVE TOOK A TEAM TO THE TOP (Simon & Schuster, $26). By Seth Mnookin | 1 |
| 10 | MISS AMERICAN PIE: A DIARY OF LOVE, SECRETS, AND GROWING UP IN THE 1970S (Bloomsbury USA, $19.95). By Margaret Sartor | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 16, 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, 2006. Advice, reference and self-help books appear on a separate, monthly list.)
