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Sunday, September 24, 2006

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.
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
Hardcover
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.)

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	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.	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
	Hardcover
	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