Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, October 8, 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. | 15 |
| 2 | MARY, MARY(Warner Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson.Hollywood's A-list stars look to Alex Cross to protect them from a vicious serial killer. | 1 |
| 3 | PREDATOR(Berkley, $9.99). By Patricia Cornwell Forensic examiner Kay Scarpetta, now based in Florida, is stymied by a series of bizarre slayings and thorny clues. | 1 |
| 4 | THE CAMEL CLUB(Warner Vision, $7.99) By David Baldacci.A band of conspiracy theorists finds intrigue after witnessing a murder on Roosevelt Island. | 5 |
| 5 | ORDINARY HEROES(Warner, $7.99). By Scott Turow A cache of lost letters compels a retired crime reporter to delve into his father's murky WWII service. | 1 |
| 6 | DREAM MAKERS(Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts More of Roberts's romance novellas reissued: This volume contains "Untamed" and "Less of a Stranger." | 1 |
| 7 | MORRIGAN'S CROSS(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts A paranormal romance featuring a 12th-century sorcerer charged with defeating a sinister vampiress, Lilith. | 5 |
| 8 | 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. | 4 |
| 9 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini.An Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a childhood betrayal. | 102 |
| 10 | TOXIC BACHELORS(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel Charles, Adam and Gray, confirmed bachelors thriving professionally at mid-life, meet their romantic matches. | 1 |
| 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. | 28 |
| 2 | TEAM OF RIVALS:THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $19.95) By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse. | 1 |
| 3 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 32 |
| 4 | THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS(Penguin, $15) By John Berendt.Venice, where the author moved in 1997, is affectionately portrayed here in all its glory and decay. | 1 |
| 5 | THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN ECONOMIST EXAMINES ... WORLD TRADE (Wiley, $16.95). By Pietra Rivoli.Globalization's effects. | 1 |
| 6 | 1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution. | 15 |
| 7 | TEACHER MAN: A MEMOIR(Scribner, $15) By Frank McCourt.The author of "Angela's Ashes" recounts his tenure in the NYC public school system. | 2 |
| 8 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 45 |
| 9 | THE TRUTH: (WITH JOKES) (Plume, $15) By Al Franken.The cheeky satirist's follow-up to "Lies" aims to debunk the conservative media spin. | 1 |
| 10 | 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. | 45 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95) By Mitch Albom.Charley Benetto is granted one final day with his mother, whose recent death left him devastated. | 1 |
| 2 | UNDER ORDERS(Putnam, $25.95). By Dick Francis Champion jockey turned PI Sid Halley faces murder and suspected race-fixing at the Cheltenham Gold Cup. | 1 |
| 3 | 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. | 4 |
| 4 | THE MISSION SONG(Little, Brown, $26.99) By John le Carré.A translator for British intelligence learns of a plot to loot the mineral wealth of the Congo. | 2 |
| 5 | THE ROAD(Knopf, $24). By Cormac McCarthy A man and his son travel to the sea in a charred, post-apocalyptic world devoid of civilization. | 1 |
| 6 | FRAGILE THINGS: SHORT FICTIONS AND WONDERS (Morrow, $26.95). By Neil Gaiman.A collection of short stories (and poems) from the graphics and fantasy author. | 1 |
| 7 | THE THIRTEENTH TALE(Atria, $26) By Diane Setterfield.A bookseller's daughter visits the ruined estate of a celebrated author in this gothic tale. | 3 |
| 8 | 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. | 5 |
| 9 | IMPERIUM: A NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME (Simon & Schuster, $26). By Robert Harris.A domestic servant narrates this novel of Cicero's rise to power. | 2 |
| 10 | 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. | 9 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | STATE OF DENIAL: BUSH AT WAR, PART III (Simon & Schuster, $30). By Bob Woodward The failures of the administration's war plans in Iraq. | 1 |
| 2 | CULTURE WARRIOR(Broadway, $26). By Bill O'Reilly Hot-button cultural issues pepper this take on the battle between secular-progressives and traditionalists. | 1 |
| 3 | THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF TRUTH FROM 9/11 TO KATRINA (Penguin Press, $25.95). By Frank Rich | 2 |
| 4 | IN THE LINE OF FIRE: A MEMOIR(Free Press, $28) By Pervez Musharaff.The rise to power of the president of Pakistan and the current crisis with militant Islam. | 1 |
| 5 | SAVING GRACES: FINDING SOLACE AND STRENGTH FROM FRIENDS AND STRANGERS(Broadway, $24.95) By Elizabeth Edwards.An emotional memoir of survival. | 1 |
| 6 | I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst. | 9 |
| 7 | FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ(Penguin Press, $27.95). By Thomas E. Ricks The strategic failures of U.S. military commanders. | 9 |
| 8 | IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY: INSIDE IRAQ'SGREEN ZONE(Knopf, $25.95) By Rajiv Chandrasekaran.A reporter's Iraq experience. | 2 |
| 9 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan.For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 43 |
| 10 | I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!: AND OTHER THINGS THAT STRIKE ME AS FUNNY (Hyperion, $23.95). By Bob Newhart.A comic's memoir. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct. 1, 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.)
