Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, March 4, 2007; Page BW14
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth. | 33 |
| 2 | THE TEMPLAR LEGACY(Ballantine, $7.99) By Steve Berry. An ex-Justice agent spars with a lethal Templar order seeking a lost archive. | 4 |
| 3 | THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village. | 13 |
| 4 | IRISH DREAMS(Silhouette, $7.99) By Nora Roberts. Romance novellas of the Emerald Isle: "Irish Rebel" and "Sullivan's Woman." | 4 |
| 5 | LABYRINTH(Berkley, $15). By Kate Mosse The lives of two women living 800 years apart are linked by a peculiar stone ring and the Holy Grail. | 3 |
| 6 | 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. | 4 |
| 7 | DIRTY BLONDE(HarperCollins, $7.99) By Lisa Scottoline. A federal judge's secret sex life is exposed when she becomes a murder suspect. | 2 |
| 8 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. | 113 |
| 9 | THE WINTER LODGE(Mira, $7.99) By Susan Wiggs. A fire changes the life of bakery owner Jenny Majesky. Bonus recipe included. | 4 |
| 10 | THE DIVIDE(Signet, $9.99). By Nicholas Evans The discovery of a daughter's body launches this tale of the painful breakup of one New York family. | 1 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects. | 5 |
| 2 | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. A memoir of mourning; winner of a 2005 National Book Award. | 2 |
| 3 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 52 |
| 4 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois. | 66 |
| 5 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 4 |
| 6 | THE COVENANT IN ACTION(Smiley, $10) Success stories and more advice--a companion to "The Covenant with Black America." | 2 |
| 7 | THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. | 61 |
| 8 | THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success. | 13 |
| 9 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS(Picador USA, $14) (St. Martin's, $7.99). By Augusten Burroughs A memoir full of hilarious and unsettling scenes. | 47 |
| 10 | MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER(HarperPerennial, $15.95) By James L. Swanson. John Wilkes Booth's flight. | 2 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | STEP ON A CRACK(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A throng of dignitaries is kidnapped by terrorists. | 3 |
| 2 | INNOCENT IN DEATH(Putnam, $25.95) By J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas grapples with a popular professor's murder and her husband's ex. | 1 |
| 3 | SISTERS(Delacorte, $27). By Danielle Steel A family tragedy inspires four far-flung, diverse siblings to cohabitate in a New York brownstone. | 2 |
| 4 | DOUBLE BIND(Shaye Areheart, $25) By Chris Bohjalian. A homeless man's murky past is linked to that of his case worker and Jay Gatsby. | 2 |
| 5 | TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS(Knopf, $26) By Jane Smiley. A Hollywood house party rife with gossip, sexual tension and talk of war. | 1 |
| 6 | THE ALEXANDRIA LINK(Ballantine, $25.95) By Steve Berry. A bookseller (and ex-spy) holds the clue to locating the lost library of Alexandria. | 4 |
| 7 | FOR ONE MORE DAY(Hyperion, $21.95) By Mitch Albom. Charley Benetto, mourning his mother's death, is granted one final day with her. | 21 |
| 8 | PLUM LOVIN'(St. Martin's, $16.95) By Janet Evanovich. Hunky Diesel returns with an intriguing offer for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. | 7 |
| 9 | HIGH PROFILE(Putnam, $24.95) By Robert B. Parker. A radio pundit's murder and a stalker drive this Jess Stone/Sunny Randall novel. | 9 |
| 10 | NEXT(HarperCollins, $27.95) By Michael Crichton. A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications. | 10 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone. | 2 |
| 2 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama | 18 |
| 3 | THE FIGHT FOR JERUSALEM: RADICAL ISLAM, THEWEST, 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 | 5 |
| 5 | SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT (HarperCollins, $25.95). By Neal Boortz The syndicated radio host assails liberal policies. | 1 |
| 6 | PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in. | 13 |
| 7 | SUPREME CONFLICT(Penguin Press, $27.95) By Jan Crawford Greenburg. A reporter's look at George W. Bush's nominations to the Court. | 5 |
| 8 | 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. | 6 |
| 9 | INFIDEL(Free Press, $26). By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Controversial life of the Muslim women's rights advocate and former Dutch parliamentarian. | 3 |
| 10 | THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder. | 19 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Feb. 25, 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. The advice/miscellaneous list to the right reflects sales from 2/4/07 to 2/25/07.)
