Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page BW14
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95) By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea in a charred, post-apocalyptic world. | 1 |
| 2 | GONE(Ballantine, $7.99). By Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware probes an acting studio after a student (who faked her own abduction) is killed. | 1 |
| 3 | 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. | 2 |
| 4 | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth. | 38 |
| 5 | THE HARD WAY(Dell, $7.99). By Lee Child Former army MP Jack Reacher agrees to help a mercenary find his kidnapped wife and daughter. | 1 |
| 6 | JUDGE & JURY(Warner, $9.99) By James Patterson and Andrew Gross. An assassin derails a Mafia boss's high-profile trial. | 5 |
| 7 | THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village. | 18 |
| 8 | PROMISE ME(Signet, $9.99). By Harlan Coben Sports agent Myron Bolitar is alarmed when his lover's daughter vanishes after he's given her a lift. | 1 |
| 9 | THE NAMESAKE(Mariner, $14) By Jhumpa Lahiri. Vignettes in the lives of an Indian family that immigrates to Massachusetts. | 3 |
| 10 | 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. | 5 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects. | 10 |
| 2 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 57 |
| 3 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 9 |
| 4 | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. A memoir of mourning; winner of a 2005 National Book Award. | 7 |
| 5 | STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future. | 2 |
| 6 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois. | 71 |
| 7 | THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. | 66 |
| 8 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 4 |
| 9 | THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS(Amistad, $14.95) By Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. Gardner's erratic rise from poverty to business success. | 17 |
| 10 | MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER(HarperPerennial, $15.95) By James L. Swanson. John Wilkes Booth's flight. | 6 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | OBSESSION(Ballantine, $26.95) By Jonathan Kellerman. A former patient of Alex Delaware receives a startling deathbed confession. | 1 |
| 2 | NINETEEN MINUTES(Atria, $26.95) By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror and its aftermath. | 4 |
| 3 | THE ALIBI MAN(Bantam, $26). By Tami Hoag PI Elena Estes squares off against Palm Beach's beau monde (including her ex-fiance) over murder. | 1 |
| 4 | WHITETHORN WOODS(Knopf, $25.95) By Maeve Binchy. An Irish hamlet's celebrated shrine is at risk, thanks to a proposed highway. | 4 |
| 5 | STEP ON A CRACK(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A throng of dignitaries is kidnapped by terrorists. | 8 |
| 6 | SHOPAHOLIC & BABY(Dial, $24) By Sophie Kinsella. Becky Bloomwood juggles pregnancy, shopping (for a living) and marriage. | 5 |
| 7 | BOOMSDAY(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Buckley. A blogger causes an uproar with her "plan" for solving the Social Security crisis. | 1 |
| 8 | DADDY'S GIRL(HarperCollins, $25.95) By Lisa Scottoline. A law professor gets swept up in a prison riot, with deadly consequences. | 3 |
| 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. | 6 |
| 10 | FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE(Eos, $21.95) By Kim Harrison. Supernatural bounty hunter Rachel Morgan tracks an unearthly serial killer. | 2 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THIS MOMENT ON EARTH: TODAY'S NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS ...(PublicAffairs, $25) By John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry | 2 |
| 2 | A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone. | 7 |
| 3 | THE LONG ROAD HOME: A STORY OF WAR AND FAMILY(Putnam, $24.95). By Martha Raddatz A deadly ambush of U.S. forces in Baghdad. | 1 |
| 4 | SECOND CHANCE: THREE PRESIDENTS AND THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN SUPERPOWER (Basic, $26.95). By Zbigniew Brzezinski | 3 |
| 5 | GRACE (EVENTUALLY): THOUGHTS ON FAITH (Riverhead, $24.95). By Anne Lamott Essays chronicling the author's spiritual evolution. | 2 |
| 6 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM (Crown, $25). By Barack Obama | 23 |
| 7 | INFIDEL(Free Press, $26). By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Controversial life of the Muslim women's rights advocate and former Dutch parliamentarian. | 8 |
| 8 | THE NEW AMERICAN STORY (Random House, $25.95). By Bill Bradley The former senator offers public policy initiatives. | 1 |
| 9 | HOW DOCTORS THINK(Houghton Mifflin, $26) By Jerome Groopman. Cites physicians' actual case experiences and their good and bad choices. | 2 |
| 10 | IN AN INSTANT: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY OF LOVE AND HEALING(Random House, $25.95) By Lee & Bob Woodruff. The journalist's recovery. | 5 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended April 1, 2007. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright ? 2007 by Nielsen BookScan. (The right-hand column of numbers represents 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.)
