Sunday, June 10, 2007

	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.	117
2	ANGELS FALL(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts Boston chef Renee Gilmore, looking for solace after surviving a shooting, finds murder instead.	1
3	BEACH ROAD(Warner Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge A struggling attorney lands a lurid murder case.	1
4	THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95) By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea through a charred, post-apocalyptic land.	10
5	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	47
6	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	5
7	BLACK ORDER(HarperTorch, $7.99) By James Rollins. Sigma Force confronts a sinister scheme to control the origin of life.	1
8	THE MacGREGORS: ROBERT & CYBIL (Silhouette, $7.99). By Nora Roberts. The novellas "The Perfect Neighbor" and "The Winning Hand."	1
9	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.	5
10	THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Warner, $14.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer.	7
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	18
2	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	9
3	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	66
4	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16) By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.	6
5	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	75
6	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	19
7	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	8
8	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Vintage, $13.95). By Joan Didion. Mourning the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.	16
9	STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.	11
10	THE FINAL MOVE BEYOND IRAQ: THE FINAL SOLUTION WHILE THE WORLD SLEEPS (Frontline, $14.99). By Mike Evans	1
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.	2
2	THE GOOD GUY(Bantam, $27) By Dean Koontz. A bar patron, mistaken for a hit man, decides to warn the intended victim.	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.	4
4	THE OVERLOOK(Little, Brown, $21.99) By Michael Connelly. A terrorist plot hovers over Harry Bosch's newest case of murder.	2
5	THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperCollins, $26.95). By Michael Chabon Alaska substitutes for Israel in this alt-history tale.	5
6	SIMPLE GENIUS(Warner, $26.99) By David Baldacci. Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return, replete with personal baggage.	6
7	INVISIBLE PREY(Putnam, $26.95) By John Sandford. Davenport uncovers a ring of thieves targeting (and killing) wealthy art patrons.	3
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.	7
9	DIVISADERO(Knopf, $25). By Michael Ondaatje A father's violent outburst is a decisive moment in the lives of his two daughters and his farmhand.	1
10	SACRIFICE: STAR WARS (LEGACY OF THE FORCE) (Del Rey, $25.95). By Karen Traviss. Jacen Solo's efforts to quell a galactic civil war raises alarm.	1
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE ASSAULT ON REASON (Penguin Press, $25.95). By Al Gore. Concern over the decline of truth in the public arena.	2
2	PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: BRAVE LEADERS AND HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA, 1789-1989 (Simon & Schuster, $28). By Michael Beschloss	4
3	THE REAGAN DIARIES(HarperCollins, $35) By Ronald Reagan. The personal reflections of our 40th president.	2
4	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.	5
5	CULTURALLY INCORRECT: HOW CLASHING WORLDVIEWS AFFECT YOUR FUTURE (Thomas Nelson, $22.99). By Rod Parsley	1
6	EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the theorems.	8
7	FDR(Random House, $35) By Jean Edward Smith. A sweeping biography synthesizing Roosevelt's public and private lives.	1
8	AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: MY YEARS AT THE CIA(HarperCollins, $30). By George Tenet Parsing Sept. 11 and the Bush administration.	5
9	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.	5
10	ANIMAL VEGETABLE MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE(HarperCollins, $26.95) By Barbara Kingsolver et al. Homegrown joys.	5

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 3, 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.)