Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, April 1, 2007; Page BW14
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE(Pocket, $7.99) By Mary Higgins Clark. Twins' telepathic link is a blessing when only one returns after a kidnapping. | 1 |
| 2 | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth. | 37 |
| 3 | JUDGE & JURY(Warner, $9.99) By James Patterson and Andrew Gross. An assassin derails a Mafia boss's high-profile trial. | 4 |
| 4 | 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. | 4 |
| 5 | THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village. | 17 |
| 6 | THE NAMESAKE(Mariner, $14) By Jhumpa Lahiri. Vignettes in the lives of an Indian family that immigrates to Massachusetts. | 2 |
| 7 | 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. | 6 |
| 8 | BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS(Anchor, $12.95) By Alexander McCall Smith. Dilemmas for Precious's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency." | 2 |
| 9 | SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (Random House, $13.95). By Lisa See. A poignant tale of two women's bond in 19th-century China. | 1 |
| 10 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. | 114 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects. | 9 |
| 2 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 56 |
| 3 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 8 |
| 4 | STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future. | 1 |
| 5 | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. A memoir of mourning; winner of a 2005 National Book Award. | 6 |
| 6 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois. | 70 |
| 7 | THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. | 65 |
| 8 | MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER(HarperPerennial, $15.95) By James L. Swanson. John Wilkes Booth's flight. | 5 |
| 9 | NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. | 52 |
| 10 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 3 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | NINETEEN MINUTES(Atria, $26.95) By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror and its aftermath. | 3 |
| 2 | WHITETHORN WOODS(Knopf, $25.95) By Maeve Binchy. An Irish hamlet's celebrated shrine is at risk, thanks to a proposed highway. | 3 |
| 3 | FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE(Eos, $21.95) By Kim Harrison. Supernatural bounty hunter Rachel Morgan tracks an unearthly serial killer. | 1 |
| 4 | STEP ON A CRACK(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A throng of dignitaries is kidnapped by terrorists. | 7 |
| 5 | SHOPAHOLIC & BABY(Dial, $24) By Sophie Kinsella. Becky Bloomwood juggles pregnancy, shopping (for a living) and marriage. | 4 |
| 6 | DADDY'S GIRL(HarperCollins, $25.95) By Lisa Scottoline. A law professor gets swept up in a prison riot, with deadly consequences. | 2 |
| 7 | SISTERS(Delacorte, $27). By Danielle Steel A family tragedy inspires four far-flung, diverse siblings to cohabitate in a New York brownstone. | 6 |
| 8 | WHAT THE DEAD KNOW(Morrow, $24.95) By Laura Lippman. An accident victim claims to be one of two sisters missing for 30 years. | 1 |
| 9 | BURNING BRIGHT(Dutton, $24.95) By Tracy Chevalier. A rural family adjusts to life in London, where a neighbor is poet William Blake. | 1 |
| 10 | THE WATCHMAN(Simon & Schuster, $25.95) By Robert Crais. Ex-mercenary Joe Pike protects an heiress who observed something she shouldn't. | 4 |
| 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. | 6 |
| 2 | GRACE (EVENTUALLY): THOUGHTS ON FAITH (Riverhead, $24.95). By Anne Lamott Essays chronicling the author's spiritual evolution. | 1 |
| 3 | THIS MOMENT ON EARTH: TODAY'S NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS ...(PublicAffairs, $25) By John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry | 1 |
| 4 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama | 22 |
| 5 | AMERICA ALONE: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT(Regnery, $27.95) By Mark Steyn. Bemoaning anti-Americanism. | 1 |
| 6 | SECOND CHANCE: THREE PRESIDENTS AND THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN SUPERPOWER (Basic, $26.95). By Zbigniew Brzezinski | 2 |
| 7 | HOW DOCTORS THINK(Houghton Mifflin, $26) By Jerome Groopman. Cites physicians' actual case experiences and their good and bad choices. | 1 |
| 8 | THE SEVENTEEN TRADITIONS(Regan, $19.95) By Ralph Nader. The tenacious consumer advocate reflects on the lessons learned in his childhood. | 1 |
| 9 | IN AN INSTANT: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY OF LOVE AND HEALING(Random House, $25.95) By Lee & Bob Woodruff. The journalist's recovery. | 4 |
| 10 | INFIDEL(Free Press, $26). By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Controversial life of the Muslim women's rights advocate and former Dutch parliamentarian. | 7 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended March 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 2/26/07 to 3/25/07.)
