Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, March 11, 2007; Page BW14
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | JUDGE & JURY(Warner, $9.99) By James Patterson and Andrew Gross. An assassin derails a Mafia boss's high-profile trial. | 1 |
| 2 | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth. | 34 |
| 3 | PRIOR BAD ACTS(Bantam, $7.99) By Tami Hoag. A judge's life is at risk after a pre-trial ruling in an accused serial killer's case. | 1 |
| 4 | DEADLY GAME(Jove, $7.99). By Christine Feehan Two GhostWalkers unite to foil a political murder while coping with a mutual attraction. | 1 |
| 5 | MORNING COMES SOFTLY(Avon, $7.99) By Debbie Macomber. This romance reissue features a modern twist on the mail-order bride. | 1 |
| 6 | STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: EXILE (Del Rey, $7.99). By Aaron Allston. The Solos and Skywalkers find their allegiance strained by war. | 1 |
| 7 | HEY, GOOD LOOKING(Pocket, $7.99) By Fern Michaels. A comic tale of a squabbling Louisiana family brought together by a funeral. | 1 |
| 8 | THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village. | 14 |
| 9 | HITCHED(Pocket Star, $7.99) By Carol Higgins Clark. A case of pilfered bridal gowns distracts PI (and bride-to-be) Regan Reilly. | 1 |
| 10 | THE TEMPLAR LEGACY(Ballantine, $7.99) By Steve Berry. An ex-Justice agent spars with a lethal Templar order seeking a lost archive. | 5 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects. | 6 |
| 2 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 53 |
| 3 | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. A memoir of mourning; winner of a 2005 National Book Award. | 3 |
| 4 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois. | 67 |
| 5 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 5 |
| 6 | THE COVENANT IN ACTION(Smiley, $10) Success stories and more advice--a companion to "The Covenant with Black America." | 3 |
| 7 | THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success. | 14 |
| 8 | THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. | 62 |
| 9 | THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA (Third World, $12). Ed. by Tavis Smiley A proactive plan for change in the community. | 19 |
| 10 | WALKING WITH THE WIND: A MEMOIR OF THE MOVEMENT(Harvest, $16). By John Lewis with Michael D'Orso. Life of the Civil Rights activist. | 1 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | SHOPAHOLIC & BABY(Dial, $24) By Sophie Kinsella. Becky Bloomwood juggles pregnancy, shopping (for a living) and marriage. | 1 |
| 2 | STEP ON A CRACK(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A throng of dignitaries is kidnapped by terrorists. | 4 |
| 3 | 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. | 2 |
| 4 | SISTERS(Delacorte, $27). By Danielle Steel A family tragedy inspires four far-flung, diverse siblings to cohabitate in a New York brownstone. | 3 |
| 5 | THE WATCHMAN(Simon & Schuster, $25.95) By Robert Crais. Ex-mercenary Joe Pike protects an heiress who witnessed something she shouldn't. | 1 |
| 6 | PUSS 'N CAHOOTS(Bantam, $25) By Rita Mae Brown. Murder and mayhem at a horse show in Kentucky. A Mrs. Murphy mystery. | 1 |
| 7 | THE ALEXANDRIA LINK(Ballantine, $25.95) By Steve Berry. A bookseller (and ex-spy) holds the clue to locating the lost library of Alexandria. | 5 |
| 8 | TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS(Knopf, $26) By Jane Smiley. A Hollywood house party rife with gossip, sex and talk of war. | 2 |
| 9 | 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. | 3 |
| 10 | PLUM LOVIN'(St. Martin's, $16.95) By Janet Evanovich. Hunky Diesel returns with an intriguing offer for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. | 8 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 2 | IN AN INSTANT: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY OF LOVE AND HEALING(Random House, $25.95) By Lee & Bob Woodruff. The journalist's recovery. | 1 |
| 3 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama | 19 |
| 4 | NIXON AND MAO: THE WEEK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD(Random House, $27.95) By Margaret MacMillan. The historic 1972 visit. | 1 |
| 5 | POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1776 TO THE PRESENT (Norton, $35). By Michael B. Oren | 6 |
| 6 | INFIDEL(Free Press, $26). By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Controversial life of the Muslim women's rights advocate and former Dutch parliamentarian. | 4 |
| 7 | PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID (Simon & Schuster, $27). By Jimmy Carter The broker of the Camp David Accords weighs in. | 14 |
| 8 | SUPREME CONFLICT(Penguin Press, $27.95) By Jan Crawford Greenburg. A reporter's look at George W. Bush's nominations to the Court. | 6 |
| 9 | THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Doubleday, $28.95) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder. | 20 |
| 10 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(FSG, $30) By Thomas L. Friedman. A revised edition. | 33 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended March 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.)
