Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, November 5, 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. | 19 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 4 | DANCE OF THE GODS(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts This fantasy adventure, book No. 2 in Roberts's "Circle Trilogy," is the sequel to "Morrigan's Cross." | 4 |
| 5 | THE HISTORIAN(Back Bay, $15.99) By Elizabeth Kostova.Three generations of one family pursue Dracula by means of a mysterious medieval book. | 3 |
| 6 | SKELETON COAST(Berkley, $16). By Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul.A fanatical group plotting off the African coast challenges the spy ship Oregon and her crew. | 4 |
| 7 | THE CAMEL CLUB(Warner Vision, $7.99) By David Baldacci.A band of conspiracy theorists finds intrigue after witnessing a murder on Roosevelt Island. | 9 |
| 8 | THE LIGHTHOUSE(Vintage, $13.95). By P.D. James Commander Dalgliesh is dispatched to Combe Island, an isolated retreat for the well-to-do, where murder is afoot. | 2 |
| 9 | SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING(Ballantine, $14.95) By Amy Tan.A Burmese vacation is scuttled when American travelers are seized by a mystical rebel tribe. | 1 |
| 10 | THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15) By Jodi Picoult.Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a daughter's rape. | 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. | 32 |
| 2 | FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS(Bantam, $14; $7.99) By James Bradley with Ron Powers.The life of Bradley's father, John, who served in the Pacific in WWII. | 4 |
| 3 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived. | 36 |
| 4 | TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $19.95) By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse. | 5 |
| 5 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three Rivers, $14.95) By Barack Obama.A memoir of a challenging, often lonely youth by the freshman senator from Illinois. | 50 |
| 6 | 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. | 5 |
| 7 | THE END OF FAITH: RELIGION, TERROR, AND THE FUTURE OF REASON(Norton, $13.95). By Sam Harris Religious conviction (in all its forms) as menace. | 4 |
| 8 | TEACHER MAN: A MEMOIR(Scribner, $15) By Frank McCourt.The author of "Angela's Ashes" recounts his tenure in the NYC public school system. | 5 |
| 9 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 46 |
| 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. | 49 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | LISEY'S STORY(Scribner, $28). By Stephen King The widow of a celebrated horror writer finds sorting through her husband's papers cathartic and revelatory. | 1 |
| 2 | THE COLLECTORS(Warner, $26.99). By David Baldacci The Camel Club reunites to solve a murder at the Library of Congress, which reveals a rogue CIA agent's treachery. | 2 |
| 3 | 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. | 5 |
| 4 | ACT OF TREASON(Atria, $25.95). By Vince Flynn Unorthodox CIA agent Mitch Rapp's newest case involves a presidential candidate attacked just before the election. | 3 |
| 5 | HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY(Putnam, $24.95) By Robert B. Parker.BostonP.I.Spenser tussles with the mob when once and future client April Kyle asks for help. | 1 |
| 6 | ECHO PARK(Little, Brown, $26.99) By Michael Connelly.Det.Harry Bosch suspects political prying in a killer's admission of guilt in a 1993 cold case. | 3 |
| 7 | THIRTEEN MOONS(Random House, $26.95) By Charles Frazier.North Carolina native Will Cooper recounts a rousing life spanning much of the 19th century. | 4 |
| 8 | WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER (HarperCollins, $26.95). By Elizabeth George.The scarred life of the youth who shot Inspector Lynley's wife. | 2 |
| 9 | THE BANCROFT STRATEGY(St. Martin's, $26.95) By Robert Ludlum.A foundation's ulterior motives may be responsible for a U.S. agent's kidnapping. | 2 |
| 10 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS(Silhouette, $17.95) By Nora Roberts.An affluent bachelor moves to the country in search of a tranquil life but finds love instead. | 1 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM(Crown, $25) By Barack Obama.The Illinois senator's social contract. | 2 |
| 2 | THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham.Probing a 1982 case of rape and murder. | 3 |
| 3 | STATE OF DENIAL: BUSH AT WAR, PART III (Simon & Schuster, $30). By Bob Woodward New details on the administration's war plans in Iraq. | 5 |
| 4 | THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins.A critical rejection of religious faith, its perceived intolerance and the idea of intelligent design. | 1 |
| 5 | CULTURE WARRIOR(Broadway, $26) By Bill O'Reilly.Hot-button cultural issues pepper this take on the struggle between the left and the right. | 5 |
| 6 | THUNDERSTRUCK(Crown, $25.95). By Erik Larson How wireless communication burst onto the public stage with the 1910 manhunt for murderer Dr. H.H. Crippen. | 1 |
| 7 | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID: A MEMOIR(Broadway, $25). By Bill Bryson A trip down memory lane by a child of the 1950s. | 2 |
| 8 | I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst. | 13 |
| 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. | 46 |
| 10 | MY SECRET: A POSTSECRET BOOK(Regan, $19.95) By Frank Warren.A collection of anonymous postcards from teenagers and college students across the country. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct. 29, 2006. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2006 by Nielsen BookScan. (Right-hand column of italiczed numnbers reflects weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. The advice/miscellaneous list below reflects sales from 9/25 to 10/29.)
