Sunday, April 8, 2007

	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.)