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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Paperback
Fiction
1
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95)
By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.
15
2
THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14)
By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.
127
3
RICOCHET(Pocket, $9.99). By Sandra Brown
A homicide detective determined to take down a drug lord is thwarted by an influential judge.
3
4
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
(Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.
57
5
CRISIS(Berkley, $9.99). By Robin Cook
Medical examiner Jack Stapleton defends his brother-in-law, a physician accused of neglect.
1
6
ECHO PARK(Grand Central, $7.99)
By Michael Connelly. Det. Bosch suspects political meddling in a killer's guilty plea in a 1993 case.
3
7
DEAR JOHN(Grand Central, $13.99)
By Nicholas Sparks. 9/11 upends a budding romance between a soldier and a college student.
1
8
THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN(Vintage, $14.95)
By Claire Messud. A social satire revolving around a vainglorious clique of young Manhattanites.
5
9
MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15)
By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite.
18
10
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM(Bantam, $7.99)
By Robert Ludlum. A master assassin renews his struggle against an international terrorist.
7
Nonfiction/General
1
EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR
EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND
INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert
27
2
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(Picador USA, $16)
By Thomas L. Friedman. A further revised edition.
4
3
THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14)
By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.
76
4
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT
THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99)
By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.
19
5
THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 )
By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.
84
6
FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE
IN IRAQ(Penguin, $16). By Thomas E. Ricks
The choices of U.S. military commanders.
2
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.
7
8
THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION
TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15)
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
18
9
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95)
By Jared Diamond. The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization.
80
10
NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel
The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
61
Hardcover
Fiction
1
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
(Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini
Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.
12
2
DEVIL MAY CRY(St. Martin's, $19.95)
By Sherrilyn Kenyon. Deities and mere mortals swoon, squabble and try to avert doomsday.
1
3
THE QUICKIE(Little, Brown, $27.99)
By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet.
6
4
SPOOK COUNTRY(Putnam, $25.95)
By William Gibson. The linchpin of this expansive, post-9/11 thriller is a covert cargo container.
1
5
SANDWORMS OF DUNE(Tor, $27.95)
By Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. The denouement of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series.
1
6
WAKING WITH ENEMIES(Dutton, $24.95)
By Eric Jerome Dickey. Dogged hit man Gideon finds the tables turned as he becomes the hunted.
1
7
THE SECRET SERVANT(Putnam, $25.95)
By Daniel Silva. When an Israeli agent's murder exposes a terrorist plot, in steps Gabriel Allon.
3
8
HIGH NOON(Putnam, $26.95). By Nora Roberts
Heady emotions from past trauma surface when a top hostage negotiator finds herself a target.
5
9
THE BURNT HOUSE(Morrow, $25.95)
By Faye Kellerman. A commuter plane's crash reveals startling errors in its passenger manifest.
1
10
CRITICAL(Putnam, $25.95). By Robin Cook
A healthcare group, poised to go public, tries to quash a probe into deaths at its facilities.
1
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.
15
2
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.
6
3 JESUS OF NAZARETH(Doubleday, $24.95) By Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the life of Christ, its meaning and significance. 3
4
LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF
OPERATION REDWING ...(Little, Brown, $24.99)
By Marcus Luttrell. The Navy SEALs' greatest loss.
9
5
A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER
(FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone.
23
6
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS: 50 YEARS OF
REPORTINGIN WASHINGTON
(Crown Forum, $29.95). By Robert D. Novak
4
7
GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS
EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99)
By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its ill effects
15
8
THE WORLD WITHOUT US
(Thomas Dunne, $24.95). By Alan Weisman
The fate of the planet if humans ceased to exist.
2
9 QUIET STRENGTH: THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, & PRIORITIES OF A WINNING LIFE(Tyndale, $26.99). By Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker 5
10
FREAKONOMICS(Morrow, $27.95)
By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. Exploring behavioral economics -- revised and expanded.
80

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Aug. 12, 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.)

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	Paperback
	Fiction
1	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a traveling circus amid the Great Depression.	15
2	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	127
3	RICOCHET(Pocket, $9.99). By Sandra Brown A homicide detective determined to take down a drug lord is thwarted by an influential judge.	3
4	THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth.	57
5	CRISIS(Berkley, $9.99). By Robin Cook Medical examiner Jack Stapleton defends his brother-in-law, a physician accused of neglect.	1
6	ECHO PARK(Grand Central, $7.99) By Michael Connelly. Det. Bosch suspects political meddling in a killer's guilty plea in a 1993 case.	3
7	DEAR JOHN(Grand Central, $13.99) By Nicholas Sparks. 9/11 upends a budding romance between a soldier and a college student.	1
8	THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN(Vintage, $14.95) By Claire Messud. A social satire revolving around a vainglorious clique of young Manhattanites.	5
9	MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15) By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite.	18
10	THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM(Bantam, $7.99) By Robert Ludlum. A master assassin renews his struggle against an international terrorist.	7
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	27
2	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(Picador USA, $16) By Thomas L. Friedman. A further revised edition.	4
3	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing.	76
4	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	19
5	THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins.	84
6	FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ(Penguin, $16). By Thomas E. Ricks The choices of U.S. military commanders.	2
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.	7
8	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	18
9	GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL(Norton, $16.95) By Jared Diamond. The impact of geography and the environment on the course of civilization.	80
10	NIGHT(FSG, $9). By Elie Wiesel The terrifying account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.	61
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghani women cope with a brutish husband.	12
2	DEVIL MAY CRY(St. Martin's, $19.95) By Sherrilyn Kenyon. Deities and mere mortals swoon, squabble and try to avert doomsday.	1
3	THE QUICKIE(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet.	6
4	SPOOK COUNTRY(Putnam, $25.95) By William Gibson. The linchpin of this expansive, post-9/11 thriller is a covert cargo container.	1
5	SANDWORMS OF DUNE(Tor, $27.95) By Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. The denouement of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series.	1
6	WAKING WITH ENEMIES(Dutton, $24.95) By Eric Jerome Dickey. Dogged hit man Gideon finds the tables turned as he becomes the hunted.	1
7	THE SECRET SERVANT(Putnam, $25.95) By Daniel Silva. When an Israeli agent's murder exposes a terrorist plot, in steps Gabriel Allon.	3
8	HIGH NOON(Putnam, $26.95). By Nora Roberts Heady emotions from past trauma surface when a top hostage negotiator finds herself a target.	5
9	THE BURNT HOUSE(Morrow, $25.95) By Faye Kellerman. A commuter plane's crash reveals startling errors in its passenger manifest.	1
10	CRITICAL(Putnam, $25.95). By Robin Cook A healthcare group, poised to go public, tries to quash a probe into deaths at its facilities.	1
	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.	15
2	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.	6
3	JESUS OF NAZARETH(Doubleday, $24.95) By Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the life of Christ, its meaning and significance.	3
4	LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING ...(Little, Brown, $24.99) By Marcus Luttrell. The Navy SEALs' greatest loss.	9
5	A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER (FSG, $22). By Ishmael Beah. Recalling the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone.	23
6	THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS: 50 YEARS OF REPORTINGIN WASHINGTON (Crown Forum, $29.95). By Robert D. Novak	4
7	GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING(Twelve, $24.99) By Christopher Hitchens. Faith and its ill effects	15
8	THE WORLD WITHOUT US (Thomas Dunne, $24.95). By Alan Weisman The fate of the planet if humans ceased to exist.	2
9	QUIET STRENGTH: THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, & PRIORITIES OF A WINNING LIFE(Tyndale, $26.99). By Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker	5
10	FREAKONOMICS(Morrow, $27.95) By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. Exploring behavioral economics -- revised and expanded.	80