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Washington Area Bestsellers

Sunday, December 10, 2006; BW13

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.
24
2
S IS FOR SILENCE(Berkley, $7.99). By Sue Grafton
P.I. Kinsey Millhone looks into the case of Violet Sullivan, an impetuous mother who vanished 34 years earlier.
1
3
THE CELL(Pocket Star, $9.99). By Stephen King
A mind-altering pulse sent simultaneously to all mobile phones in America turns its recipients into zombies.
2
4
FALSE IMPRESSION(St. Martin's, $9.99)
By Jeffrey Archer.The ownership of a priceless van Gogh self-portrait is put in question by the attacks of Sept. 11.
1
5
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS(Ballantine, $7.99)
By Linda Howard.Fitness guru Blair Mallory finds herself a murder target amid her frenzied wedding planning.
1
6
ON THE RUN(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen
A mother and daughter, both in CIA protective custody, are forced to flee when their location is discovered.
1
7
THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15)
By Jodi Picoult.Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a daughter's rape.
6
8
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: TEMPEST
(Del Rey, $7.99). By Troy Denning.The intergalactic saga continues, featuring Han, Leia and their troubled son.
1
9
THE GILDED WEB(Dell, $6.99). By Mary Balogh
A young beauty, beguiled by a charming nobleman's amorous advances, soon discovers his autocratic hand.
1
10
VALLEY OF SILENCE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts
The conclusion of the "Circle Trilogy" finds six warriors battling the minions of the vampire Lilith.
5
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.
37
2
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95)
By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe.Gardner's erratic rise from impoverished youth to prosperous broker.
2
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 World War II.
9
4
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.
41
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.
55
6
TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $19.95)
By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse.
10
7
AMERICA (THE BOOK): A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO
DEMOCRACY INACTION(Warner, $15.99)
By Jon Stewart and the Daily Show."Teachers' edition."
4
8
1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough
Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution.
22
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.
9
10
BAD PRESIDENT(Workman, $8.95)
By R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles
and James Friedman.Skewering George W. Bush.
2
Hardcover
Fiction
1
NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95). By Michael Crichton
A near-future tale that confronts the enormous strides in genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.
1
2
CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99). By James Patterson
Hunting for a serial killer/rapist, forensic psychologist Alex Cross inadvertently finds clues to his wife's murder.
3
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.
10
4
TREASURE OF KHAN(Putnam, $27.95). By Clive Cussler
and Dirk Cussler.DirkPitt and his NUMA team wrangle with a Mongolian tycoon with a Genghis Khan complex.
1
5
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.
5
6
BROTHER ODD(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas, who is able to see ghosts, has his monastic retreat disrupted by sinister shadows portending tragedy.
1
7
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.
4
8
NATURE GIRL(Knopf, $25.95). By Carl Hiaasen
Offended by a real estate sales call, a woman takes the telemarketer on a wild Everglades adventure.
3
9
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.
7
10
THE SHAPE SHIFTER(HarperCollins, $26.95)
By Tony Hillerman.Startling new clues in an unsolved case lure Lt. Joe Leaphorn out of retirement.
2
Nonfiction/General
1
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING
THE AMERICAN DREAM(Crown, $25)
By Barack Obama.The Illinois senator's social contract.
7
2
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
(Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter.The former president, broker of the Camp David Accords, weighs in.
2
3
THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE
IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95)
By John Grisham.A1982 case of rape and murder.
8
4
STATE OF DENIAL: BUSH AT WAR, PART III
(Simon & Schuster, $30). By Bob Woodward
New details on the administration's war plans in Iraq.
10
5
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER
THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN
(Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst.
18
6
CULTURE WARRIOR(Broadway, $26)
By Bill O'Reilly.Hot-button cultural issues pepper this take on the struggle between the left and the right.
10
7
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE
WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95)
By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.
48
8
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.
5
9
THUNDERSTRUCK(Crown, $25.95). By Erik Larson
How wireless communication burst onto the public stage with the 1910 manhunt for murderer H.H. Crippen.
5
10
IT'S NO SECRET: FROM NAS TO JAY-Z, FROM
SEDUCTION TO SCANDAL--A HIP-HOP HELEN OF TROY
TELLS ALL(VH1, $24.95). By Carmen Bryan
1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Dec. 3, 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.)

	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.	24
2	S IS FOR SILENCE(Berkley, $7.99). By Sue Grafton P.I. Kinsey Millhone looks into the case of Violet Sullivan, an impetuous mother who vanished 34 years earlier.	1
3	THE CELL(Pocket Star, $9.99). By Stephen King A mind-altering pulse sent simultaneously to all mobile phones in America turns its recipients into zombies.	2
4	FALSE IMPRESSION(St. Martin's, $9.99) By Jeffrey Archer.The ownership of a priceless van Gogh self-portrait is put in question by the attacks of Sept. 11.	1
5	DROP DEAD GORGEOUS(Ballantine, $7.99) By Linda Howard.Fitness guru Blair Mallory finds herself a murder target amid her frenzied wedding planning.	1
6	ON THE RUN(Bantam, $7.99). By Iris Johansen A mother and daughter, both in CIA protective custody, are forced to flee when their location is discovered.	1
7	THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15) By Jodi Picoult.Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a daughter's rape.	6
8	STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: TEMPEST (Del Rey, $7.99). By Troy Denning.The intergalactic saga continues, featuring Han, Leia and their troubled son.	1
9	THE GILDED WEB(Dell, $6.99). By Mary Balogh A young beauty, beguiled by a charming nobleman's amorous advances, soon discovers his autocratic hand.	1
10	VALLEY OF SILENCE(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts The conclusion of the "Circle Trilogy" finds six warriors battling the minions of the vampire Lilith.	5
	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.	37
2	THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe.Gardner's erratic rise from impoverished youth to prosperous broker.	2
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 World War II.	9
4	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls.A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and the unorthodox upbringing she survived.	41
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.	55
6	TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN(Simon & Schuster, $19.95) By Doris Kearns Goodwin.Presidential finesse.	10
7	AMERICA (THE BOOK): A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY INACTION(Warner, $15.99) By Jon Stewart and the Daily Show."Teachers' edition."	4
8	1776(Simon & Schuster, $18). By David McCullough Military campaigns and personal narratives tell the story of the first full year of the American Revolution.	22
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.	9
10	BAD PRESIDENT(Workman, $8.95) By R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, Rob Battles and James Friedman.Skewering George W. Bush.	2
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95). By Michael Crichton A near-future tale that confronts the enormous strides in genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.	1
2	CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99). By James Patterson Hunting for a serial killer/rapist, forensic psychologist Alex Cross inadvertently finds clues to his wife's murder.	3
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.	10
4	TREASURE OF KHAN(Putnam, $27.95). By Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.DirkPitt and his NUMA team wrangle with a Mongolian tycoon with a Genghis Khan complex.	1
5	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.	5
6	BROTHER ODD(Bantam, $27). By Dean Koontz Odd Thomas, who is able to see ghosts, has his monastic retreat disrupted by sinister shadows portending tragedy.	1
7	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.	4
8	NATURE GIRL(Knopf, $25.95). By Carl Hiaasen Offended by a real estate sales call, a woman takes the telemarketer on a wild Everglades adventure.	3
9	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.	7
10	THE SHAPE SHIFTER(HarperCollins, $26.95) By Tony Hillerman.Startling new clues in an unsolved case lure Lt. Joe Leaphorn out of retirement.	2
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM(Crown, $25) By Barack Obama.The Illinois senator's social contract.	7
2	PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter.The former president, broker of the Camp David Accords, weighs in.	2
3	THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham.A1982 case of rape and murder.	8
4	STATE OF DENIAL: BUSH AT WAR, PART III (Simon & Schuster, $30). By Bob Woodward New details on the administration's war plans in Iraq.	10
5	I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron.Aging angst.	18
6	CULTURE WARRIOR(Broadway, $26) By Bill O'Reilly.Hot-button cultural issues pepper this take on the struggle between the left and the right.	10
7	MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.	48
8	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.	5
9	THUNDERSTRUCK(Crown, $25.95). By Erik Larson How wireless communication burst onto the public stage with the 1910 manhunt for murderer H.H. Crippen.	5
10	IT'S NO SECRET: FROM NAS TO JAY-Z, FROM SEDUCTION TO SCANDAL--A HIP-HOP HELEN OF TROY TELLS ALL(VH1, $24.95). By Carmen Bryan	1