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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Paperback
Fiction
1
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.
30
2
THE WINTER LODGE(Mira, $7.99)
By Susan Wiggs. A fire changes the life of bakery owner Jenny Majesky. Bonus recipe included.
1
3
IRISH DREAMS(Silhouette, $7.99)
By Nora Roberts. Romance novellas of the Emerald Isle: "Irish Rebel" and "Sullivan's Woman."
1
4
THE TEMPLAR LEGACY(Ballantine, $7.99)
By Steve Berry. An ex-Justice agent spars with a lethal Templar order seeking a lost archive.
1
5
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14)
By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.
10
6
HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99)
By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.
13
7
THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14)
By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.
111
8
ALL NIGHT LONG(Jove, $7.99)
By Jayne Ann Krentz. A romantic thriller involving murder and a senator's White House ambitions.
1
9
BLOOD BOUND(Ace, $7.99). By Patricia Briggs
Mercedes, a shapeshifter (she can transform into a coyote at will), agrees to help a vampire friend.
1
10
THE HOUSE(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel
A client's bequest offers a harried attorney the chance to renovate a grand San Francisco manor.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL
AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95)
By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.
2
2
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
(Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama
A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois.
63
3
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95)
By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.
10
4
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.
49
5
EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR
EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND
INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert
1
6
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14)
(St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs
A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.
45
7
THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY
(Back Bay, $14.95 ). By the Freedom Writers with
Erin Gruwell. "Unteachable" students' joint diary.
4
8
NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel
The terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
49
9
THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 )
By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.
58
10
THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY
FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95)
James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.
8
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.
4
2
THE ALEXANDRIA LINK(Ballantine, $25.95)
By Steve Berry. A bookseller (and ex-spy) holds the clue to locating the lost library of Alexandria.
1
3
DEEP STORM(Doubleday, $24.95)
By Lincoln Child. A lethal virus attacks a deep water U.S. military site searching for Atlantis.
1
4
HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95)
By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.
7
5
HIDE(Bantam, $25). By Lisa Gardner
The discovery of mummified corpses in a buried chamber at a mental hospital launches this thriller.
1
6
FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95)
By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, mourning his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.
18
7
LORDS OF THE NORTH(HarperCollins, $25.95)
By Bernard Cornwell. A.D. 878: The Saxon Uhtred of Bebbanburg returns in a swashbuckling tale.
2
8
NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95)
By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.
9
9
CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.
11
10
LOVE & LIES(Morrow, $23.95)
By Kimberla Lawson Roby. Rev. Curtis Black finds his wife, Charlotte, full of angst.
1
Nonfiction/General
1
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON
RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM
(Crown, $25). By Barack Obama
15
2
WHAT A PARTY!: MY LIFE AMONG DEMOCRATS:
PRESIDENTS ... AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS
(Thomas Dunne, $24.95). By Terry McAuliffe
2
3
THE FIGHT FOR JERUSALEM: RADICAL ISLAM,
THE WEST, AND THE FUTURE OF THE HOLY CITY
(Regnery, $27.95). By Dore Gold
1
4
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: AMERICA IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, 1776 TO THE PRESENT
(Norton, $35). By Michael B. Oren
2
5
SUPREME CONFLICT(Penguin Press, $27.95)
By Jan Crawford Greenburg. A reporter's look at efforts to shift the Supreme Court to the right.
2
6
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
(Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter
The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.
10
7
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30)
By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.
32
8
THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE
IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95)
By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.
16
9
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.
5
10 THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design. 10

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Feb. 4, 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.	30
2	THE WINTER LODGE(Mira, $7.99) By Susan Wiggs. A fire changes the life of bakery owner Jenny Majesky. Bonus recipe included.	1
3	IRISH DREAMS(Silhouette, $7.99) By Nora Roberts. Romance novellas of the Emerald Isle: "Irish Rebel" and "Sullivan's Woman."	1
4	THE TEMPLAR LEGACY(Ballantine, $7.99) By Steve Berry. An ex-Justice agent spars with a lethal Templar order seeking a lost archive.	1
5	THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.	10
6	HONEYMOON(Warner, $7.99) By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. An FBI agent suspects the fiancée in a banker's death.	13
7	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	111
8	ALL NIGHT LONG(Jove, $7.99) By Jayne Ann Krentz. A romantic thriller involving murder and a senator's White House ambitions.	1
9	BLOOD BOUND(Ace, $7.99). By Patricia Briggs Mercedes, a shapeshifter (she can transform into a coyote at will), agrees to help a vampire friend.	1
10	THE HOUSE(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steel A client's bequest offers a harried attorney the chance to renovate a grand San Francisco manor.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	2
2	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois.	63
3	THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success.	10
4	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	49
5	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	1
6	RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes.	45
7	THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY (Back Bay, $14.95 ). By the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. "Unteachable" students' joint diary.	4
8	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The terrifying account of his experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	49
9	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	58
10	THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: THE WAY FORWARD--A NEW APPROACH(Vintage, $10.95) James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, et al.	8
	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.	4
2	THE ALEXANDRIA LINK(Ballantine, $25.95) By Steve Berry. A bookseller (and ex-spy) holds the clue to locating the lost library of Alexandria.	1
3	DEEP STORM(Doubleday, $24.95) By Lincoln Child. A lethal virus attacks a deep water U.S. military site searching for Atlantis.	1
4	HANNIBAL RISING(Delacorte, $27.95) By Thomas Harris. A prequel to "Red Dragon" that fleshes out Hannibal Lecter's early years.	7
5	HIDE(Bantam, $25). By Lisa Gardner The discovery of mummified corpses in a buried chamber at a mental hospital launches this thriller.	1
6	FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95) By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, mourning his mother's death, is granted one final day with her.	18
7	LORDS OF THE NORTH(HarperCollins, $25.95) By Bernard Cornwell. A.D. 878: The Saxon Uhtred of Bebbanburg returns in a swashbuckling tale.	2
8	NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95) By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.	9
9	CROSS(Little Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.	11
10	LOVE & LIES(Morrow, $23.95) By Kimberla Lawson Roby. Rev. Curtis Black finds his wife, Charlotte, full of angst.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama	15
2	WHAT A PARTY!: MY LIFE AMONG DEMOCRATS: PRESIDENTS ... AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS (Thomas Dunne, $24.95). By Terry McAuliffe	2
3	THE FIGHT FOR JERUSALEM: RADICAL ISLAM, THE WEST, AND THE FUTURE OF THE HOLY CITY (Regnery, $27.95). By Dore Gold	1
4	POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1776 TO THE PRESENT (Norton, $35). By Michael B. Oren	2
5	SUPREME CONFLICT(Penguin Press, $27.95) By Jan Crawford Greenburg. A reporter's look at efforts to shift the Supreme Court to the right.	2
6	PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in.	10
7	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition.	32
8	THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder.	16
9	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.	5
10	THE GOD DELUSION(Houghton Mifflin, $27) By Richard Dawkins. A critical rejection of religious faith and the idea of intelligent design.	10