Sunday, September 30, 2007
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE COLLECTORS(Grand Central, $9.99) By David Baldacci. The Camel Club reunites to solve a murder at the Library of Congress. | 4 |
| 2 | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression. | 21 |
| 3 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. | 133 |
| 4 | ACT OF TREASON(Pocket, $9.99) By Vince Flynn. Unorthodox CIA agent Mitch Rapp copes with an attack on a presidential candidate. | 4 |
| 5 | AT FIRST SIGHT(Grand Central, $7.99) By Nicholas Sparks. Jeremy Marsh and Lexie Darnell cope with the stress of engagement. | 4 |
| 6 | THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN(Vintage, $14.95) By Claire Messud. A social satire revolving around a vainglorious clique of young Manhattanites. | 10 |
| 7 | EXILE(St. Martin's, $9.99) By Richard North Patterson. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict propels this murder whodunit. | 4 |
| 8 | MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15) By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite. | 21 |
| 9 | THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Penguin, $14). By Kim Edwards. A doctor regrets deceiving his wife about their twins' birth. | 61 |
| 10 | SUITE FRAN¿AISE(Vintage, $14.95) By Ir¿ne N¿mirovsky. An unfinished novel exploring French collaboration with the Germans. | 13 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 33 |
| 2 | INTO THE WILD(Anchor, $13.95) By Jon Krakauer. A true story (soon to be a feature film) of one young man's battle with nature. | 3 |
| 3 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 82 |
| 4 | THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS(Penguin, $16) By Michael Pollan. Surprising origins of foodstuffs. | 4 |
| 5 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 24 |
| 6 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(Picador USA, $16) By Thomas L. Friedman. A further revised edition. | 10 |
| 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. | 13 |
| 8 | BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions. | 25 |
| 9 | THE LOOMING TOWER:AL-QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9/11(Vintage, $15.95). By Lawrence Wright The ascent of post-World War II radical Islam. | 5 |
| 10 | THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE(Back Bay, $14.95 ) By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. | 88 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | YOU'VE BEEN WARNED(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Howard Roughan. Vivid nightmares upend a young nanny's life. | 2 |
| 2 | A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghan women cope with a brutish husband. | 18 |
| 3 | DEAD HEAT(Putnam, $25.95). By Dick Francis and Felix Francis. A chef turns detective after a terrorist hits a catered affair at the racetrack. | 1 |
| 4 | MAKING MONEY(Harper, $25.95) By Terry Pratchett. In this Discworld yarn, Moist von Lipwig sets his sights on the royal mint. | 1 |
| 5 | TREE OF SMOKE(FSG, $27). By Denis Johnson This hefty novel knits together the lives of diverse characters coping with the maelstrom of Vietnam. | 2 |
| 6 | THE BONE GARDEN(Ballantine, $25.95) By Tess Gerritsen. Tracking a grisly murderer in a tale that shifts between the present and 1830. | 1 |
| 7 | THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS (Grand Central, $25.99). By Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Aloysius Pendergast returns. | 4 |
| 8 | LOVING FRANK(Ballantine, $23.95) By Nancy Horan. A fictional look at the bond between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney. | 4 |
| 9 | BONES TO ASHES(Scribner, $25.95) By Kathy Reichs. A cold case becomes personal for forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. | 4 |
| 10 | THE QUICKIE(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet. | 12 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD(Penguin Press, $35) By Alan Greenspan. The ex-Fed chairman reflects. | 1 |
| 2 | GIVING: HOW EACH OF US CAN CHANGE THE WORLD(Knopf, $24.95). By Bill Clinton Extolling the virtues of volunteering and charity. | 2 |
| 3 | THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT(Doubleday, $27.95) By Jeffrey Toobin. Justices past and present. | 1 |
| 4 | IF I DID IT: CONFESSIONS OF THE KILLER (Beaufort, $24.95). By the Goldman Family O.J. Simpson's controversial musings. | 1 |
| 5 | THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes. | 21 |
| 6 | POWER TO THE PEOPLE(Regnery, $27.95) By Laura Ingraham. The conservative radio host outlines her blueprint for revitalizing America. | 2 |
| 7 | MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT (Doubleday, $22.95). Ed. by Brian Kolodiejchuk Intimate, revealing letters from the Catholic nun. | 2 |
| 8 | DAVE BARRY'S HISTORY OF THE MILLENNIUM (SO FAR)(Putnam, $22.95). By Dave Barry A collection of Barry's "Year in Review" articles. | 1 |
| 9 | THE WAR: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, 1941-1945 (Knopf, $50). By Geoffrey C. Ward. The companion to Ken Burns's PBS documentary. | 2 |
| 10 | DEAD CERTAIN: THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH(Free Press, $28) By Robert Draper. Unprecedented access. | 3 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 23, 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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