Washington Area Bestsellers

	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.)