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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Paperback
Fiction
1
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.
26
2
HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99)
By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.
9
3
POINT BLANK(Jove, $7.99). By Catherine Coulter
Married FBI agents Sherlock and Savich track a psychopath who kidnapped a popular comedian.
1
4
SLOW BURN(Ballantine, $7.99). By Julie Garwood
Kate MacKenna copes with her mother's death, a grand inheritance and a killer with murky motives.
2
5
SWEETWATER CREEK(HarperCollins, $9.99)
By Anne Rivers Siddons. A girl's coming-of-age tale set in South Carolina's lowlands.
2
6
GONE(Bantam, $7.99). By Lisa Gardner
P.I. "Rainie" Conner vanishes on a rural Oregon road, leaving her family to find the truth.
1
7
THE HUNT CLUB(Signet, $9.99)
By John Lescroart. P.I. Wyatt Hunt draws on his cadre of associates to help the police find a killer.
1
8
THE HOSTAGE(Jove, $9.99). By W.E.B. Griffin
A diplomat's murder and the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal meld in this Charley Castillo thriller.
1
9
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14)
By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is unsettled by political unrest in his Himalayan village.
6
10
SUN KISSED(Signet, $7.99)
By Catherine Anderson. A rancher gets help from a dashing vet when her horses are poisoned.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY
FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95)
James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.
4
2
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95)
By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.
6
3
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
(Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama
A memoir of youth by the senator from Illinois.
59
4
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14)
(St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs
A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.
41
5
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.
45
6
A WALK IN THE WOODS: REDISCOVERING
AMERICA ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
(Anchor, $7.99). By Bill Bryson
1
7
THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 )
By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.
55
8
THE FAITH OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
(Tarcher, 12.95). By Stephen Mansfield
Spirituality and war, with an emphasis on Iraq.
1
9
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
(Vintage, $14.95). By Erik Larson. A killer preys on Chicago residents amid the 1893 World's Fair.
127
10
THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14)
By Rory Stewart. Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of a Mughal emperor.
15
Hardcover
Fiction
1
THE HUNTERS(Putnam, $26.95)
By W.E.B. Griffin. Special agent Charley Castillo aims to solve a U.S. diplomat's murder in Uruguay.
1
2
CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.
7
3
FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95)
By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, crushed by his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.
14
4
NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95)
By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.
5
5
HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95)
By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.
4
6
SHADOW DANCE(Ballantine, $25.95)
By Julie Garwood. An ancient Scottish family feud threatens Kate MacKenna's pending nuptials.
2
7
THE CAT WHO HAD 60 WHISKERS
(Putnam, $23.95). By Lilian Jackson Braun. Arson, theft and a possible murder hit Moose County.
1
8
TREASURE OF KHAN(Putnam, $27.95)
By Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt and NUMA aim to stop a ruthless Mongolian tycoon.
5
9
STALEMATE(Bantam, $26). By Iris Johansen
Forensic specialist Eve Duncan agrees to help a Colombian drug lord in exchange for information.
2
10
THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE(Touchstone, $25.95)
By Philippa Gregory. The deceit of Jane Boleyn, sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn, at Henry VIII's court.
4
Nonfiction/General
1
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON
RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM
(Crown, $25). By Barack Obama
11
2
ABOUT ALICE(Random House, $14.95)
By Calvin Trillin. The veteran New Yorker writer reflects on the love of his life, his late wife, Alice.
1
3
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
(Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter
The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.
6
4
THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE
IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95)
By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.
12
5
THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27)
By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design.
7
6
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER
THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN
(Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron. Aging angst.
22
7
CHARACTER IS DESTINY: INSPIRING TRUE
STORIES EVERY YOUNG PERSON SHOULD KNOW
(Random House, $23.95). By John McCain et al.
3
8
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST
EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING
(Morrow, $25.95). By Steven D. Levitt et al.
77
9
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30)
By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.
28
10
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE
WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95)
By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.
52

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Jan. 7, 2007. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2007 by Nielsen BookScan. (The 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.)

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	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	26
2	HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99) By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.	9
3	POINT BLANK(Jove, $7.99). By Catherine Coulter Married FBI agents Sherlock and Savich track a psychopath who kidnapped a popular comedian.	1
4	SLOW BURN(Ballantine, $7.99). By Julie Garwood Kate MacKenna copes with her mother's death, a grand inheritance and a killer with murky motives.	2
5	SWEETWATER CREEK(HarperCollins, $9.99) By Anne Rivers Siddons. A girl's coming-of-age tale set in South Carolina's lowlands.	2
6	GONE(Bantam, $7.99). By Lisa Gardner P.I. "Rainie" Conner vanishes on a rural Oregon road, leaving her family to find the truth.	1
7	THE HUNT CLUB(Signet, $9.99) By John Lescroart. P.I. Wyatt Hunt draws on his cadre of associates to help the police find a killer.	1
8	THE HOSTAGE(Jove, $9.99). By W.E.B. Griffin A diplomat's murder and the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal meld in this Charley Castillo thriller.	1
9	THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is unsettled by political unrest in his Himalayan village.	6
10	SUN KISSED(Signet, $7.99) By Catherine Anderson. A rancher gets help from a dashing vet when her horses are poisoned.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95) James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.	4
2	THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.	6
3	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir of youth by the senator from Illinois.	59
4	RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.	41
5	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	45
6	A WALK IN THE WOODS: REDISCOVERING AMERICA ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL (Anchor, $7.99). By Bill Bryson	1
7	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	55
8	THE FAITH OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER (Tarcher, 12.95). By Stephen Mansfield Spirituality and war, with an emphasis on Iraq.	1
9	THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY (Vintage, $14.95). By Erik Larson. A killer preys on Chicago residents amid the 1893 World's Fair.	127
10	THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14) By Rory Stewart. Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of a Mughal emperor.	15
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	THE HUNTERS(Putnam, $26.95) By W.E.B. Griffin. Special agent Charley Castillo aims to solve a U.S. diplomat's murder in Uruguay.	1
2	CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.	7
3	FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95) By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, crushed by his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.	14
4	NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95) By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.	5
5	HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95) By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.	4
6	SHADOW DANCE(Ballantine, $25.95) By Julie Garwood. An ancient Scottish family feud threatens Kate MacKenna's pending nuptials.	2
7	THE CAT WHO HAD 60 WHISKERS (Putnam, $23.95). By Lilian Jackson Braun. Arson, theft and a possible murder hit Moose County.	1
8	TREASURE OF KHAN(Putnam, $27.95) By Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt and NUMA aim to stop a ruthless Mongolian tycoon.	5
9	STALEMATE(Bantam, $26). By Iris Johansen Forensic specialist Eve Duncan agrees to help a Colombian drug lord in exchange for information.	2
10	THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE(Touchstone, $25.95) By Philippa Gregory. The deceit of Jane Boleyn, sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn, at Henry VIII's court.	4
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama	11
2	ABOUT ALICE(Random House, $14.95) By Calvin Trillin. The veteran New Yorker writer reflects on the love of his life, his late wife, Alice.	1
3	PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.	6
4	THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.	12
5	THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design.	7
6	I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron. Aging angst.	22
7	CHARACTER IS DESTINY: INSPIRING TRUE STORIES EVERY YOUNG PERSON SHOULD KNOW (Random House, $23.95). By John McCain et al.	3
8	FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING (Morrow, $25.95). By Steven D. Levitt et al.	77
9	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.	28
10	MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.	52