Sunday, May 27, 2007

	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.	8
2	THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Warner, $14.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer.	5
3	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.	4
4	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.	3
5	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	45
6	SUITE FRANÇAISE(Vintage, $14.95) By Irène Némirovsky. An unfinished novel exploring French collaboration with the Germans.	6
7	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	3
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.	4
9	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	115
10	THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS(Grove, $14) By Kiran Desai. A judge's retirement is disrupted by political unrest in his Himalayan village.	22
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	16
2	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	7
3	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	17
4	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	64
5	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16) By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.	4
6	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	73
7	STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.	9
8	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	55
9	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. Mourning the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.	14
10	DREAMS FROM MY FATHER (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama A memoir by the junior senator from Illinois.	77
	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.	2
2	INVISIBLE PREY(Putnam, $26.95) By John Sandford. Davenport uncovers a ring of thieves targeting (and killing) wealthy art patrons.	1
3	THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperCollins, $26.95). By Michael Chabon. Alaska substitutes for Israel in this alt-history tale.	3
4	BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE(Delacorte, $26) By Lee Child. Members of Jack Reacher's former elite Army unit are being knocked off.	1
5	SIMPLE GENIUS(Warner, $26.99) By David Baldacci. Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return, replete with personal baggage.	4
6	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.	5
7	THE QUEST(Thomas Dunne, $27.95) By Wilbur Smith. With Egypt besieged by plagues, the pharaoh summons the warlock Taita for aid.	1
8	THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE (Pantheon, $21.95). By Alexander McCall Smith. The eighth "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" tale.	5
9	PEARL HARBOR(Thomas Dunne, $25.95) By Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen December 7, 1941: its inception and execution.	1
10	BODY SURFING(Little, Brown, $25.99) By Anita Shreve. A young widow is drawn into the lives of a wealthy clan and two charming brothers.	4
	Nonfiction/General
1	PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA, 1789-1989 (Simon & Schuster, $28). By Michael Beschloss	2
2	AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: MY YEARS AT THE CIA(HarperCollins, $30). By George Tenet Parsing Sept. 11 and the Bush administration.	3
3	EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the formulas.	6
4	JESUS OF NAZARETH(Doubleday, $24.95) By Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the life of Christ, its meaning and significance.	1
5	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.	3
6	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.	3
7	ANIMAL VEGETABLE MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE(HarperCollins, $26.95) By Barbara Kingsolver et al. Home-grown joys.	3
8	A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone.	14
9	TALES FROM Q SCHOOL: INSIDE GOLF'S FIFTH MAJOR(Little, Brown, $26.99) By John Feinstein. The PGA's qualifying round.	3
10	WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE? (Scribner, $25). By Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney. Criticizing the state of government.	5

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 20, 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.)