Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, July 30, 2006; Page BW11
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | 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. | 5 |
| 2 | CHILL FACTOR(Pocket, $9.99). By Sandra Brown A blizzard strands Lily Barton in a rural cabin with a man who may be a serial killer. | 1 |
| 3 | THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA(Anchor, $7.99) (Broadway, $13.95). By Lauren Weisberger.A haughty fashion magazine editor terrorizes her new assistant. | 16 |
| 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. | 17 |
| 5 | THE LINCOLN LAWYER(Warner, $7.99) By Michael Connelly.A defense attorney who works out of a Lincoln Town Car lands a wealthy client. | 4 |
| 6 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal. | 92 |
| 7 | ANGELS & DEMONS(Pocket Star, $9.99) (Washington Square, $15). By Dan Brown.The Vatican is threatened at the outset of a papal conclave. | 105 |
| 8 | 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. | 7 |
| 9 | 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. | 2 |
| 10 | 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. | 6 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore | 8 |
| 2 | 1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution. | 5 |
| 3 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 35 |
| 4 | 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. | 35 |
| 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. | 117 |
| 6 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 22 |
| 7 | 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. | 38 |
| 8 | THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14) By Rory Stewart.Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of the Mughal emperor Babul. | 5 |
| 9 | GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization. | 71 |
| 10 | CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN (Plume, $15). By John Perkins.Charges of financial malfeasance at the expense of developing nations. | 22 |
| 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 she finds murder instead. | 2 |
| 2 | PHANTOM: SWORD OF TRUTH: BOOK 10 (Tor, $29.95). By Terry Goodkind.The fantasy epic continues as Lord Rahl seeks his missing wife, Kahlan. | 1 |
| 3 | TWELVE SHARP(St. Martin's, $26.95) By Janet Evanovich.Bungling bounty hunter Stephanie Plum puts aside job anxiety to find a missing child. | 5 |
| 4 | THE RUINS(Knopf, $24.95). By Scott Smith A Mexican holiday turns terrifying for four Americans who encounter a carnivorous plant amid Mayan ruins. | 1 |
| 5 | PEGASUS DESCENDING(Simon & Schuster, $26) By James Lee Burke.The brutal murder of a friend 25 years earlier comes back to hauntDave Robicheaux. | 1 |
| 6 | 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. | 2 |
| 7 | BEACH ROAD(Little, Brown, $27.95) By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.Asensational murder case jump-starts a struggling attorney's career. | 12 |
| 8 | 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. | 3 |
| 9 | COMING OUT(Delacorte, $20). By Danielle Steel Olympia Crawford Rubinstein's thriving family life is roiled by her daughters' invitation to a debutante ball. | 4 |
| 10 | SLEEPING WITH FEAR(Bantam, $25). By Kay Hooper Clairvoyant FBI agent Riley Crane is stymied while on a case--she loses both her powers and her recent memory. | 1 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE: DEEP INSIDE AMERICA'S PURSUIT OF ITS ENEMIES SINCE 9/11 (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Ron Suskind | 5 |
| 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. | 32 |
| 3 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition. | 14 |
| 4 | CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE (Viking, $25.95). By John W. Dean.An erstwhile Republican warns his party has gone astray. | 2 |
| 5 | FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | 66 |
| 6 | MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Viking, $29.95). By Nathaniel Philbrick The saga of Plymouth Colony, stripped of mythology. | 11 |
| 7 | GODLESS: THE CHURCH OF LIBERALISM (Crown Forum, $27.95). By Ann Coulter.The polemicist excoriates America's liberal traditions as anti-religious. | 7 |
| 8 | HEAT: AN AMATEUR'S ADVENTURES AS KITCHEN SLAVE, LINE COOK, PASTA-MAKER AND APPRENTICE ... IN TUSCANY(Knopf, $25.95). By Bill Buford | 5 |
| 9 | LONG TAIL: WHY THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS IS SELLING LESS OF MORE(Hyperion, $24.95) By Chris Anderson.The profit margin in endless choices. | 1 |
| 10 | THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: A SCIENTIST PRESENTS EVIDENCE FOR BELIEF(Free Press, $26) By Francis S. Collins.A geneticist's faith-based approach. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 23, 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.)
