Washington Area Bestsellers

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	116
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.	5
3	THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95) By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea through a charred, post-apocalyptic land.	9
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.	4
5	THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Warner, $14.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer.	6
6	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	4
7	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	46
8	COLD MOON(Pocket Star, $9.99) By Jeffrey Deaver. A sadistic serial killer tests NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner.	1
9	SUITE FRANÇAISE(Vintage, $14.95) By Irène Némirovsky. An unfinished novel exploring French collaboration with the Germans.	7
10	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.	5
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	17
2	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	8
3	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	65
4	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16) By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.	5
5	UNCOMMON CARRIERS(FSG, $14) By John McPhee. By land, sea and air--the fascinating ways freight moves cross-country.	1
6	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	18
7	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	74
8	STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.	10
9	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. Mourning the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.	15
10	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	7
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.	1
2	THE OVERLOOK(Little, Brown, $21.99) By Michael Connelly. A potential terrorist plot hovers over Harry Bosch's newest case of murder.	1
3	THE 6TH TARGET(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Kids and their nannies are being kidnapped off the street.	3
4	THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperCollins, $26.95). By Michael Chabon Alaska substitutes for Israel in this alt-history tale.	4
5	INVISIBLE PREY(Putnam, $26.95) By John Sandford. Davenport uncovers a ring of thieves targeting (and killing) wealthy art patrons.	2
6	SIMPLE GENIUS(Warner, $26.99) By David Baldacci. Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return, replete with personal baggage.	5
7	BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE(Delacorte, $26) By Lee Child. Members of Jack Reacher's former elite Army unit are being knocked off.	2
8	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.	6
9	THE QUEST(Thomas Dunne, $27.95) By Wilbur Smith. With Egypt besieged by plagues, the pharaoh summons the warlock Taita for aid.	2
10	THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE (Pantheon, $21.95). By Alexander McCall Smith. The eighth "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" tale.	6
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE ASSAULT ON REASON (Penguin Press, $25.95). By Al Gore. Trepidation over the decline of truth in the public arena.	1
2	THE REAGAN DIARIES(HarperCollins, $35) By Ronald Reagan. Douglas Brinkley edits the personal reflections of our 40th president.	1
3	PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA, 1789-1989 (Simon & Schuster, $28). By Michael Beschloss	3
4	EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the formulas.	7
5	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.	4
6	AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: MY YEARS AT THE CIA(HarperCollins, $30). By George Tenet Parsing Sept. 11 and the Bush administration.	4
7	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.	4
8	JESUS OF NAZARETH(Doubleday, $24.95) By Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the life of Christ, its meaning and significance.	2
9	ANIMAL VEGETABLE MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE(HarperCollins, $26.95) By Barbara Kingsolver et al. Home-grown joys.	4
10	A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone.	15

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 27, 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. The advice/miscellaneous list to the right represents sales from 4/29/07 to 5/27/07.)