Washington Area Bestsellers

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95) By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea through a charred, post-apocalyptic land.	7
2	THE B00K OF FATE(Warner Vision, $7.99) By Brad Meltzer. This thriller, laced with Masonic lore, opens with an attempt on the president's life.	3
3	THE HUSBAND(Bantam, $7.99). By Dean Koontz A gardener's wife is kidnapped, and the culprits demand $2 million in cash within 60 hours.	2
4	THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Warner, $14.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer.	4
5	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	44
6	SUITE FRANÇAISE(Vintage, $14.95) By Irène Némirovsky. A WWII-era, unfinished novel exploring French collaboration with the Germans.	5
7	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	2
8	DEAD WATCH(Berkley, $9.99). By John Sandford The disappearance of a former U.S. senator casts suspicion on his rival in a bid for the Oval Office.	3
9	COVER OF NIGHT(Ballantine, $7.99) By Linda Howard. A widow's life is in jeopardy when a mysterious guest vanishes from her B&B.	2
10	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.	7
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	15
2	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	6
3	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	16
4	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	63
5	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16) By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.	3
6	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	72
7	MYTHS, LIES, AND DOWNRIGHT STUPIDITY: GET OUT THE SHOVEL -- WHY EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG(Hyperion, $24.95). By John Stossel	1
8	STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.	8
9	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. Mourning the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.	13
10	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	6
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	THE 6TH TARGET(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Kids and their nannies are being kidnapped off the street.	1
2	SIMPLE GENIUS(Warner, $26.99) By David Baldacci. Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return, replete with personal baggage.	3
3	THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperCollins, $26.95). By Michael Chabon. Alaska substitutes for Israel in this alt-history tale.	2
4	THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN(Houghton Mifflin, $26) By J.R.R. Tolkien. Men and elves battle the minions of Morgoth in this tale of Middle Earth's First Age.	4
5	THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE (Pantheon, $21.95). By Alexander McCall Smith. The eighth "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" novel.	4
6	I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE (Simon & Schuster, $26.95). By Mary Higgins Clark Suspicion and buried bodies mar newlyweds' bliss.	6
7	BODY SURFING(Little, Brown, $25.99) By Anita Shreve. A young widow is drawn into the lives of a wealthy family.	3
8	NINETEEN MINUTES(Atria, $26.95) By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror in a New Hampshire high school, and its aftermath.	9
9	BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET(Mira, $24.95) By Debbie Macomber. Susannah Nelson (from "Susannah's Garden") opens a shop on Blossom St.	3
10	LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY (Viking, $25.95). By Susan Vreeland. Renoir conceives one of his most beloved canvases.	2
	Nonfiction/General
1	AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: MY YEARS AT THE CIA(HarperCollins, $30). By George Tenet Parsing Sept. 11 and the Bush administration.	2
2	PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA, 1789-1989 (Simon & Schuster, $28). By Michael Beschloss	1
3	EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the formulas.	5
4	ANIMAL VEGETABLE MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE(HarperCollins, $26.95) By Barbara Kingsolver et al. Home-grown pleasures.	2
5	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.	2
6	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS(Collins, $24.95) By Conn and Hal Iggulden. For boys at heart, a paean to paper airplanes, knots -- the simple stuff.	2
7	A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone.	13
8	WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE? (Scribner, $25). By Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney. Criticizing the state of government.	4
9	TALES FROM Q SCHOOL: INSIDE GOLF'S FIFTH MAJOR(Little, Brown, $26.99) By John Feinstein. The PGA's qualifying tournament.	2
10	THIS MOMENT ON EARTH: TODAY'S NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS ...(PublicAffairs, $25) By John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry	8

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 13, 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.)