Washington Area Bestsellers

Discussion Policy

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Paperback
Fiction
1
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.
28
2
HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99)
By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.
11
3
POINT BLANK(Jove, $7.99). By Catherine Coulter
Married FBI agents Sherlock and Savich track a psychopath who kidnapped a popular comedian.
3
4
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14)
By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.
8
5
SWEETWATER CREEK(HarperCollins, $9.99)
By Anne Rivers Siddons. A girl's coming-of-age tale set in South Carolina's lowlands.
4
6
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.
3
7 THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. 109
8
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.
4
9
THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15)
By Jodi Picoult. Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a rape.
10
10
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.
3
Nonfiction/General
1
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95)
By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.
8
2
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama. A memoir of youth
by the senator from Illinois.
61
3
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.
47
4
THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY
FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95)
James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.
6
5
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14)
(St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs
A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.
43
6
THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY
(Back Bay, $14.95 ). By the Freedom Writers with
Erin Gruwell. "Unteachable" students' joint diary.
2
7
THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14)
By Rory Stewart. Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of a Mughal emperor.
17
8
A WALK IN THE WOODS: REDISCOVERING
AMERICA ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
(Anchor, $7.99). By Bill Bryson
3
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.
128
10
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
(Random House, $13.95). By Kurt Vonnegut
Five years' worth of essays in one volume.
1
Hardcover
Fiction
1
PLUM LOVIN'(St. Martin's, $16.95)
By Janet Evanovich. Hunky Diesel returns with an intriguing offer for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
2
2
DUST(Viking, $25.95). By Martha Grimes
World War II codebreakers and Henry James's novels are the hub of this Richard Jury mystery.
1
3
YOU SUCK: A LOVE STORY(Morrow, $21.95)
By Christopher Moore. A droll tale of two teens in love--and they're vampires in a paranormal mess.
1
4
FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95)
By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, mourning his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.
16
5
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.
3
6
NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95)
By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.
7
7
CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.
9
8
HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95)
By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.
6
9
EXILE(Henry Holt, $26)
By Richard North Patterson. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict propels this murder whodunit.
4
10
THE SUSPECT(Dutton, $26.95)
By John Lescroart. An attorney in Dismas Hardy's firm defends a man accused of killing his wife.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON
RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM
(Crown, $25). By Barack Obama
13
2
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
(Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter
The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.
8
3
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.
3
4
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30)
By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.
30
5
THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE
IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95)
By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.
14
6
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE
WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95)
By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.
54
7
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER
THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN
(Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron. Aging angst.
24
8
THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27)
By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design.
9
9
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST
EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING
(Morrow, $25.95). By Steven D. Levitt et al.
78
10
TOO SOON TO SAY GOODBYE
(Random House, $17.95). By Art Buchwald
The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's last book.
1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Jan. 21, 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.)

Find More Reviews and Features in Books

A pandemic waiting in the wings

Alan Sipress's superb and sobering "The Fatal Strain" details the shadowy progression of a virulent avian flu now moving across Asia.

The captive imagination

In "A Good Fall," Ha Jin turns a new prism on the question of freedom, showing that life in a foreign culture may be the most isolating situation.

Jobs | Cars | Real Estate | Rentals | Classifieds

SEARCH:

Search Archives

The Washington Post Company: Information and Other Post Co. Websites

Help | Contact Us

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	28
2	HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99) By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.	11
3	POINT BLANK(Jove, $7.99). By Catherine Coulter Married FBI agents Sherlock and Savich track a psychopath who kidnapped a popular comedian.	3
4	THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.	8
5	SWEETWATER CREEK(HarperCollins, $9.99) By Anne Rivers Siddons. A girl's coming-of-age tale set in South Carolina's lowlands.	4
6	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.	3
7	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	109
8	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.	4
9	THE TENTH CIRCLE(Washington Square, $15) By Jodi Picoult. Graphic art illustrates this "Purgatorio" tale of a family coping with a rape.	10
10	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.	3
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.	8
2	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER(Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama. A memoir of youth by the senator from Illinois.	61
3	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	47
4	THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95) James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.	6
5	RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.	43
6	THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY (Back Bay, $14.95 ). By the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. "Unteachable" students' joint diary.	2
7	THE PLACES IN BETWEEN(Harvest, $14) By Rory Stewart. Walking across post-Taliban Afghanistan in the footsteps of a Mughal emperor.	17
8	A WALK IN THE WOODS: REDISCOVERING AMERICA ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL (Anchor, $7.99). By Bill Bryson	3
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.	128
10	A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY (Random House, $13.95). By Kurt Vonnegut Five years' worth of essays in one volume.	1
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	PLUM LOVIN'(St. Martin's, $16.95) By Janet Evanovich. Hunky Diesel returns with an intriguing offer for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.	2
2	DUST(Viking, $25.95). By Martha Grimes World War II codebreakers and Henry James's novels are the hub of this Richard Jury mystery.	1
3	YOU SUCK: A LOVE STORY(Morrow, $21.95) By Christopher Moore. A droll tale of two teens in love--and they're vampires in a paranormal mess.	1
4	FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95) By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, mourning his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.	16
5	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.	3
6	NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95) By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.	7
7	CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.	9
8	HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95) By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.	6
9	EXILE(Henry Holt, $26) By Richard North Patterson. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict propels this murder whodunit.	4
10	THE SUSPECT(Dutton, $26.95) By John Lescroart. An attorney in Dismas Hardy's firm defends a man accused of killing his wife.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama	13
2	PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.	8
3	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.	3
4	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.	30
5	THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.	14
6	MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Morrow, $21.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador.	54
7	I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN (Knopf, $19.95). By Nora Ephron. Aging angst.	24
8	THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design.	9
9	FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING (Morrow, $25.95). By Steven D. Levitt et al.	78
10	TOO SOON TO SAY GOODBYE (Random House, $17.95). By Art Buchwald The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's last book.	1