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Sunday, July 15, 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.
122
2
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95)
By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.
10
3
MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15)
By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite.
13
4
BEACH ROAD(Warner Vision, $9.99)
By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
A struggling attorney lands a lurid murder case.
6
5
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.
52
6
THE MESSENGER(Signet, $9.99). By Daniel Silva
When a terrorist attack hits the Vatican, art restorer and Mossad agent Gabriel Allon is called.
1
7
THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS MIRANDA CHEEVER
(Avon, $7.99). By Julia Quinn. A young woman seeks to win the love of a friend, a bitter widower.
2
8
THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95)
By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea through a charred, post-apocalyptic land.
15
9
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM(Bantam, $7.99)
By Robert Ludlum. A master assassin renews his struggle against an international terrorist.
2
10
TWELVE SHARP(St. Martin's, $7.99)
By Janet Evanovich.Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum puts aside job anxiety to find a missing child.
3
Nonfiction/General
1
EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR
EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND
INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert
22
2
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT
THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99)
By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.
14
3
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.
71
4
THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 )
By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.
79
5
THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION
TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15)
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
13
6
MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE,
COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16)
By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.
11
7
90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN: A TRUE STORY OF DEATH
AND LIFE(Revell, $12.99). By Don Piper. A Baptist minister declared dead returns to life.
2
8
STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95)
By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.
14
9
THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL
AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95)
By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.
24
10
NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel
The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
58
Hardcover
Fiction
1
THE QUICKIE(Little, Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet.
1
2
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
(Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini
Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.
7
3
LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN(St. Martin's, $27.95)
By Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum becomes a suspect in her ex-husband's presumed death.
3
4
BUNGALOW 2(Delacorte, $27)
By Danielle Steel. A woman's life unravels when she becomes a Hollywood screenwriter.
2
5
THE JUDAS STRAIN(Morrow, $25.95)
By James Rollins. An ancient plague resurfaces, pitting Sigma Force against the Guild cabal.
1
6
ON CHESIL BEACH(Doubleday, $22)
By Ian McEwan. Multiple tensions -- sexual as well as class -- batter the newlywed Mayhews.
5
7
DOUBLE AGENTS(Putnam, $25.95)
By W.E.B. Griffin. David Niven, Peter Ustinov and Ian Fleming aid the OSS in deceiving the Nazis.
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.
12
9
PEONY IN LOVE(Random House, $23.95)
By Lisa See. In 17th-century China, love overcomes Peony, an already betrothed girl.
1
10
NEW ENGLAND WHITE(Knopf, $26.95)
By Stephen L. Carter. A university president's wife works to solve a murder with political overtones.
2
Nonfiction/General
1
THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
(Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden
For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.
10
2
THE DIANA CHRONICLES(Doubleday, $27.50)
By Tina Brown. Copious interviews and research back this new profile of the late Princess of Wales.
4
3
LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF
OPERATION REDWING ...(Little, Brown, $24.99)
By Marcus Luttrell. The Navy SEALs' greatest loss.
4
4
GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS
EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99)
By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.
10
5
THE ASSAULT ON REASON
(Penguin Press, $25.95). By Al Gore. Concern over the decline of truth in the public arena.
7
6
THE REAGAN DIARIES(HarperCollins, $35)
By Ronald Reagan. The personal reflections of our 40th president.
7
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.
18
8
EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE
(Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson
An incisive look at the man behind the theorems.
13
9
LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA
(Doubleday, $27.95). By Tim Weiner. Exposing the good, the bad and the ugly in covert ops.
1
10
POSITIVELY FALSE: THE REAL STORY OF HOW
I WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE
(Simon Spotlight, $24.95) By Floyd Landis
1

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	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.	122
2	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	10
3	MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15) By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite.	13
4	BEACH ROAD(Warner Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson and Peter de Jonge A struggling attorney lands a lurid murder case.	6
5	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	52
6	THE MESSENGER(Signet, $9.99). By Daniel Silva When a terrorist attack hits the Vatican, art restorer and Mossad agent Gabriel Allon is called.	1
7	THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS MIRANDA CHEEVER (Avon, $7.99). By Julia Quinn. A young woman seeks to win the love of a friend, a bitter widower.	2
8	THE ROAD(Vintage, $14.95) By Cormac McCarthy. A man and his son travel to the sea through a charred, post-apocalyptic land.	15
9	THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM(Bantam, $7.99) By Robert Ludlum. A master assassin renews his struggle against an international terrorist.	2
10	TWELVE SHARP(St. Martin's, $7.99) By Janet Evanovich.Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum puts aside job anxiety to find a missing child.	3
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	22
2	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	14
3	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	71
4	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	79
5	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	13
6	MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY, AND WAR(Penguin, $16) By Nathaniel Philbrick. Plymouth Colony redux.	11
7	90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN: A TRUE STORY OF DEATH AND LIFE(Revell, $12.99). By Don Piper. A Baptist minister declared dead returns to life.	2
8	STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS(Vintage, $14.95) By Daniel Gilbert. A psychology professor examines why we err in anticipating the future.	14
9	THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95) By Sidney Poitier. The esteemed actor reflects.	24
10	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	58
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	THE QUICKIE(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet.	1
2	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.	7
3	LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN(St. Martin's, $27.95) By Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum becomes a suspect in her ex-husband's presumed death.	3
4	BUNGALOW 2(Delacorte, $27) By Danielle Steel. A woman's life unravels when she becomes a Hollywood screenwriter.	2
5	THE JUDAS STRAIN(Morrow, $25.95) By James Rollins. An ancient plague resurfaces, pitting Sigma Force against the Guild cabal.	1
6	ON CHESIL BEACH(Doubleday, $22) By Ian McEwan. Multiple tensions -- sexual as well as class -- batter the newlywed Mayhews.	5
7	DOUBLE AGENTS(Putnam, $25.95) By W.E.B. Griffin. David Niven, Peter Ustinov and Ian Fleming aid the OSS in deceiving the Nazis.	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.	12
9	PEONY IN LOVE(Random House, $23.95) By Lisa See. In 17th-century China, love overcomes Peony, an already betrothed girl.	1
10	NEW ENGLAND WHITE(Knopf, $26.95) By Stephen L. Carter. A university president's wife works to solve a murder with political overtones.	2
	Nonfiction/General
1	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.	10
2	THE DIANA CHRONICLES(Doubleday, $27.50) By Tina Brown. Copious interviews and research back this new profile of the late Princess of Wales.	4
3	LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING ...(Little, Brown, $24.99) By Marcus Luttrell. The Navy SEALs' greatest loss.	4
4	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its downfalls.	10
5	THE ASSAULT ON REASON (Penguin Press, $25.95). By Al Gore. Concern over the decline of truth in the public arena.	7
6	THE REAGAN DIARIES(HarperCollins, $35) By Ronald Reagan. The personal reflections of our 40th president.	7
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.	18
8	EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $32). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the theorems.	13
9	LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA (Doubleday, $27.95). By Tim Weiner. Exposing the good, the bad and the ugly in covert ops.	1
10	POSITIVELY FALSE: THE REAL STORY OF HOW I WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE (Simon Spotlight, $24.95) By Floyd Landis	1