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Washington Area Bestsellers

Sunday, September 30, 2007; BW14

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.)

	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