Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, September 24, 2006; Page BW11
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| 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. | 13 |
| 2 | THE CAMEL CLUB(Warner Vision, $7.99) By David Baldacci.A band of conspiracy theorists finds intrigue after witnessing a murder on Roosevelt Island. | 3 |
| 3 | MORRIGAN'S CROSS(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts A paranormal romance featuring a 12th-century sorcerer charged with defeating a sinister vampiress. | 3 |
| 4 | AT FIRST SIGHT(Warner, $13.99). By Nicholas Sparks Jeremy Marsh and Lexie Darnell, last seen in Sparks's "True Believer," are coping with the stress of engagement. | 2 |
| 5 | THE BLACK DAHLIA(Mysterious, $13.99) (Warner, $7.99). By James Ellroy.A noir thriller based on the notorious true murder that shook 1940s LA. | 1 |
| 6 | CONSENT TO KILL(Pocket Star, $9.99). By Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp, CIA assassin, juggles multiple adversaries, a $20 million bounty on his head and his wife's pregnancy. | 4 |
| 7 | VANISH(Ballantine, $7.99). By Tess Gerritsen A desperate woman, motives unknown, takes hostages at a hospital, including pregnant detective Jane Rizzoli. | 3 |
| 8 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal. | 100 |
| 9 | LIFEGUARD(Warner, $9.99). By James Patterson with Maxine Paetro.A Boston boy's promising life in Palm Beach goes to pot after a failed $60 million art heist. | 8 |
| 10 | 6 RAINIER DRIVE(Mira, $7.99). By Debbie Macomber More in the lives of Cedar Cove's residents, including an arsonist's torching of the Lighthouse restaurant. | 3 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs A memoir chock-full of hilarious and unsettling moments. | 26 |
| 2 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 30 |
| 3 | 1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution. | 13 |
| 4 | AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT(Rodale, $21.95). By Al Gore | 16 |
| 5 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 43 |
| 6 | 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. | 43 |
| 7 | GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond.The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization. | 78 |
| 8 | THE 9/11 REPORT: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION (Hill & Wang, $16.95). By Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colón An illustrated rendition of the 9/11 Commission's report. | 3 |
| 9 | WHY DO MEN FALL ASLEEP AFTER SEX? (Three Rivers, $13.95). By Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg.Round two of "ask your doctor" queries. | 7 |
| 10 | THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14)By Rory Stewart.Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of the Mughal emperor Babul. | 12 |
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| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE BOOK OF FATE(Warner, $25.99). By Brad Meltzer A thriller laced with Masonic lore in which a West Wing staffer, presumed dead, reappears after eight years. | 2 |
| 2 | THE THIRTEENTH TALE(Atria, $26) By Diane Setterfield.A bookseller's daughter visits the ruined estate of a celebrated author in this gothic tale. | 1 |
| 3 | RISE AND SHINE(Random House, $24.95) By Anna Quindlen.The lives of the Fitzmaurice sisters change irrevocably after a faux pas on morning TV. | 3 |
| 4 | AFTER THIS(FSG, $24). By Alice McDermott The Irish-Catholic Keane family of Long Island, N.Y., finds joy and anguish amid the turbulent 1960s and '70s. | 2 |
| 5 | THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN(Knopf, $25) By Claire Messud.A social satire revolving around a vainglorious clique of young Manhattanites. | 3 |
| 6 | ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN(Amistad, $25.95) By Edward P. Jones.Washington, D.C., is the setting for these 14 short stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. | 3 |
| 7 | JUDGE & JURY(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson and Andrew Gross.A ruthless Mafia boss recruits an assassin to derail his high-profile trial. | 7 |
| 8 | THE MEPHISTO CLUB(Ballantine, $25.95) By Tess Gerritsen.A grisly, demonic-ritual style murder challenges Det. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. | 1 |
| 9 | THE AFGHAN(Putnam, $26.95). By Frederick Forsyth U.S. and British intelligence attempt to foil an al-Qaeda plot by sending an operative to infiltrate the group. | 4 |
| 10 | THE GUY NOT TAKEN:STORIES(Atria, $24.95) By Jennifer Weiner.Eleven short tales ripe with hope, strife and elation in the course of various relationships. | 2 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ(Penguin Press, $27.95). By Thomas E. Ricks The strategic failures of U.S. military commanders. | 7 |
| 2 | THE LOOMING TOWER: AL-QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9/11(Knopf, $27.95). By Lawrence Wright The ascent of post-WWII radical Islam and its effect. | 6 |
| 3 | I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst. | 7 |
| 4 | HUBRIS: THE INSIDE STORY OF SPIN, SCANDAL, AND THE SELLING OF THE IRAQ WAR(Crown, $25.95) By Michael Isikoff and David Corn | 2 |
| 5 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman.Arevised and expanded edition. | 22 |
| 6 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 41 |
| 7 | BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Little, Brown, $25.95). By Malcolm Gladwell The complex psychology behind our snap decisions. | 50 |
| 8 | FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING(Morrow, $25.95) By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | 74 |
| 9 | THE OVERACHIEVERS: THE SECRET LIVES OF DRIVEN KIDS(Hyperion, $24.95). By Alexandra Robbins The highly competitive climate of today's high schools. | 4 |
| 10 | STATE OF EMERGENCY: THE THIRD WORLD INVASION AND CONQUEST OF AMERICA(Thomas Dunne, $24.95) By Patrick J. Buchanan.Reactingtoillegal immigration. | 4 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 17, 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 in Jan. 11, 2004. Advice, reference and self-help books appear on a separate, monthly list.)
