Washington Area Bestsellers

Sunday, April 22, 2007; Page BW14

Paperback
Fiction
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THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95)

By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea in a charred, post-apocalyptic world.

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2

AT RISK(Berkley, $7.99). By Patricia Cornwell

A tenacious DA employs new DNA science to solve a 20-year-old murder and bolster a run for governor.

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3

HOT STUFF(St. Martin's, $7.99)

By Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks. A new series introducing sassy Irish barkeep Cate Madigan.

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4

GONE(Ballantine, $7.99). By Jonathan Kellerman

Alex Delaware probes an acting studio after a student (who faked her own abduction) is killed.

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5

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.

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6

SUITE FRANÇAISE(Vintage, $14.95)

By Irène Némirovsky. A WWII-era, unfinished novel exploring French collaboration with the Germans.

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7

THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14)

By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.

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8

THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER

(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.

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9

JUDGE & JURY(Warner, $9.99)

By James Patterson and Andrew Gross. An assassin derails a Mafia boss's high-profile trial.

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10

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.

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Nonfiction/General
1

BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT

THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99)

By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.

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2

THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL

AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95)

By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.

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3

THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)

By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.

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4

EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR

EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND

INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert

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5

STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95)

By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.

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6

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

(Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. A memoir of mourning her husband's death.

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7

THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN

MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 )

By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.

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8

A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

(Random House, $13.95). By Kurt Vonnegut

Five years' worth of essays in one volume.

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9

DREAMS FROM MY FATHER

(Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama

A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois.

73
10

NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel

The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

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Hardcover
Fiction
1

I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE

(Simon & Schuster, $26.95). By Mary Higgins Clark

Suspicion and buried bodies mar newlyweds' bliss.

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2

FRESH DISASTERS(Putnam, $25.95)

By Stuart Woods. Attorney Stone Barrington reluctantly takes on a case targeting a Mafia don.

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3

NINETEEN MINUTES(Atria, $26.95)

By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror and its aftermath.

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4

OBSESSION(Ballantine, $26.95)

By Jonathan Kellerman. A former patient of Alex Delaware receives a startling deathbed confession.

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5

SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS(Dutton, $24.95)

By Eric Jerome Dickey. Meet Gideon, an assassin who finds himself a target while executing a job.

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6

BOOMSDAY(Twelve, $24.99)

By Christopher Buckley. A blogger causes an uproar with her "plan" for solving the Social Security crisis.

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7

BODY OF LIES(Norton, $24.95). By David Ignatius

A resourceful CIA station chief employs a WWII-era scheme to undermine a ruthless al-Qaeda cell.

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8

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.

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9

STEP ON A CRACK(Little, Brown, $27.99)

By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge

A throng of dignitaries is kidnapped by terrorists.

10
10

WHITE NIGHT: A NOVEL OF THE DRESDEN FILES

(Roc, $23.95). By Jim Butcher. Wizard Harry Dresden must stop the slaughter of magic novices.

2
Nonfiction/General
1

EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE

(Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson

An incisive look at the man behind the formulas.

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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.

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3

SECOND CHANCE: THREE PRESIDENTS AND THE

CRISIS OF AMERICAN SUPERPOWER

(Basic, $26.95). By Zbigniew Brzezinski

5
4

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON

RECLAIMINGTHE AMERICAN DREAM

(Crown, $25). By Barack Obama

25
5

HOW DOCTORS THINK(Houghton Mifflin, $26)

By Jerome Groopman. Cites physicians' case experiences and their good and bad choices.

4
6

THE SUMMER OF 1787: THE MEN WHO INVENTED

THE CONSTITUTION(Simon & Schuster, $27)

By David O. Stewart. The Philadelphia Convention.

1
7

INFIDEL(Free Press, $26). By Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Controversial Muslim women's rights advocate and former Dutch parliamentarian tells her story.

10
8

BAMBOOZLED: HOW AMERICANS ARE BEING

EXPLOITED BY THE LIES OF A LIBERAL AGENDA

(Nelson, $25.99). By Angela McGlowan

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9

THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ: WINNING THE WAR,

LOSING THE PEACE(Yale Univ., $28)

By Ali A. Allawi. A former Iraqi minister's view.

1
10

THIS MOMENT ON EARTH: TODAY'S NEW

ENVIRONMENTALISTS ...(PublicAffairs, $25)

By John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry

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Rankings reflect sales for the week ended April 15, 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.)


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