Washington Area Bestsellers

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	VALLEY OF SILENCE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts The conclusion of the "Circle Trilogy" finds the six warriors battling the minions of the vampire Lilith.	2
2	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.	21
3	THE AMBLER WARNING(St. Martin's, $9.99) By Robert Ludlum.A covert U.S. operative is detained in a government hospital for reasons unknown.	2
4	THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai.A retired judge, his granddaughter and cook cope with political unrest in a Himalayan community.	1
5	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.	7
6	FOREVER ODD(Bantam, $7.99). By Dean Koontz Odd Thomas, who can see the dead, is "asked" for help by the ghost of his father's best friend, recently murdered.	1
7	THANKSGIVING(HarperTorch, $7.99) By Janet Evanovich.A holiday tale spiced with romance from the author of the madcap Stephanie Plum mysteries.	2
8	THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15) By Jodi Picoult.Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a daughter's rape.	3
9	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."	6
10	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.	7
	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.	34
2	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.	38
3	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.	6
4	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.	52
5	TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $19.95) By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse.	7
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.	19
7	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.	51
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.	6
9	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.	7
10	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The Nobel laureate's terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	47
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	WILD FIRE(Warner, $26.99). By Nelson DeMille Terrorists plot to force a U.S. nuclear strike in the Middle East by detonating nuclear bombs on U.S. soil.	1
2	DEAR JOHN(Warner, $24.99). By Nicholas Sparks The budding romance between an aimless soldier and a conscientious college student is altered by 9/11.	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.	7
4	BORN IN DEATH(Putnam, $24.95). By J.D. Robb Eve Dallas investigates a double homicide and the disappearance of a mother-to-be.	1
5	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.	4
6	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.	3
7	THE RISING TIDE(Ballantine, $27.95). By Jeff Shaara Tank gunners, paratroopers and their leaders rebuff Hitler in North Africa, Italy and France in part one of a trilogy.	1
8	H.R.H.(Delacorte, $27). By Danielle Steel A pampered princess, eager to help others, meets (and falls for) a charming doctor while volunteering in Africa.	2
9	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.	5
10	HOME TO BIG STONE GAP(Random House, $25.95) By Adriana Trigiani.A pharmacist copes with empty nest syndrome and directs her small town's annual musical.	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.	4
2	STATE OF DENIAL: BUSH AT WAR, PART III (Simon & Schuster, $30). By Bob Woodward New details on the administration's war plans in Iraq.	7
3	THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham.A1982 case of rape and murder.	5
4	CULTURE WARRIOR(Broadway, $26) By Bill O'Reilly.Hot-button cultural issues pepper this take on the struggle between the left and the right.	7
5	AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS: LOST STORIES FROM THE HOLOCAUST'S LONG REACH INTO ARAB LANDS (PublicAffairs, $26). By Robert B. Satloff	1
6	A HAND TO GUIDE ME: LEGENDS AND LEADERS CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPED THEIR LIVES (Meredith, $24.95). By Denzel Washington	2
7	THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins.A critical rejection of religious faith, its perceived intolerance and the idea of intelligent design.	2
8	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	3
9	I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst.	15
10	SEA OF THUNDER: FOUR COMMANDERS AND THE LAST GREAT NAVAL CAMPAIGN 1941-1945 (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Evan Thomas	1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Nov. 12, 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.)