Washington Area Bestsellers
Sunday, October 7, 2007; Page BW14
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| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | CROSS(Grand Central, $9.99) By James Patterson. While hunting a killer, Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder. | 1 |
| 2 | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression. | 22 |
| 3 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. | 134 |
| 4 | THE COLLECTORS(Grand Central, $9.99) By David Baldacci. The Camel Club reunites to solve a murder at the Library of Congress. | 5 |
| 5 | LOVER UNBOUND(Signet, $7.99). By J.R. Ward This new Black Dagger Brotherhood tale finds a vampire warrior's life altered by love for a human. | 1 |
| 6 | MIDDLESEX(Picador USA, $15) By Jeffrey Eugenides. A genetic anomaly causes a teen to become a hermaphrodite. | 22 |
| 7 | TRUE EVIL(Pocket, $9.99). By Greg Iles FBI agent Alexandra Morse investigates a divorce attorney whose clients' spouses turn up dead. | 1 |
| 8 | THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN(Vintage, $14.95) By Claire Messud. A social satire revolving around a vainglorious clique of young Manhattanites. | 11 |
| 9 | H.R.H.(Dell, $7.99). By Danielle Steele A pampered princess, eager to help others, meets a charming doctor while volunteering in Africa. | 1 |
| 10 | AT FIRST SIGHT(Grand Central, $7.99) By Nicholas Sparks. Jeremy Marsh and Lexie Darnell cope with the stress of engagement. | 5 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 34 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 3 | 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. | 6 |
| 4 | THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and an unorthodox upbringing. | 83 |
| 5 | THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS(Penguin, $16) By Michael Pollan. Surprising origins of foodstuffs. | 5 |
| 6 | THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(Picador USA, $16) By Thomas L. Friedman. A further revised edition. | 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. | 14 |
| 8 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 25 |
| 9 | BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions. | 26 |
| 10 | THUNDERSTRUCK(Three Rivers, $14.95) By Erik Larson. How a 1910 manhunt propelled wireless communication onto the public stage. | 1 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | PLAYING FOR PIZZA(Doubleday, $21.95) By John Grisham. A disgraced NFL quarterback seeks salvation with the Italian football league. | 1 |
| 2 | THE CHOICE(Grand Central, $24.99) By Nicholas Sparks. Love unexpectedly snags a small-town bachelor and his new neighbor. | 1 |
| 3 | YOU'VE BEEN WARNED(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson & Howard Roughan Vivid nightmares upend a young nanny's life. | 3 |
| 4 | A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghan women cope with a brutish husband. | 19 |
| 5 | BRIDGE OF SIGHS(Knopf, $26.95) By Richard Russo. Charting the tangled lives of three friends from a Northeastern town in decay. | 1 |
| 6 | SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS(Putnam, $25.95) By Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and Holly Parker track a CIA agent turned assassin. | 1 |
| 7 | RUN(Harper,$25.95). By Ann Patchett A life-threatening accident one wintry evening forever changes the lives of the Doyle clan. | 1 |
| 8 | 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. | 2 |
| 9 | MAKING MONEY(Harper, $25.95) By Terry Pratchett. In this Discworld yarn, Moist von Lipwig sets his sights on the royal mint. | 2 |
| 10 | THE BONE GARDEN(Ballantine, $25.95) By Tess Gerritsen. Tracking a grisly murderer in a tale that shifts between the present and 1830. | 2 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD(Penguin Press, $35) By Alan Greenspan. The ex-Fed chairman reflects. | 2 |
| 2 | THE VIXEN DIARIES(Grand Central, $24.99) By Karrine Steffans. More gossip and celebrity tidbits from the hip hop video actress. | 2 |
| 3 | THE COLDEST WINTER: AMERICA AND THE KOREAN WAR(Hyperion, $35) By David Halberstam. Remembering sacrifice. | 1 |
| 4 | THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT(Doubleday, $27.95) By Jeffrey Toobin. Justices past and present. | 2 |
| 5 | GIVING: HOW EACH OF US CAN CHANGE THE WORLD(Knopf, $24.95). By Bill Clinton Extolling the virtues of volunteering and charity. | 3 |
| 6 | THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes. | 22 |
| 7 | THE WAR: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, 1941-1945 (Knopf, $50). By Geoffrey C. Ward. The companion to Ken Burns's PBS documentary. | 3 |
| 8 | POWER TO THE PEOPLE(Regnery, $27.95) By Laura Ingraham. The conservative radio host outlines her blueprint for revitalizing America. | 3 |
| 9 | MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT (Doubleday, $22.95). Ed. by Brian Kolodiejchuk Intimate, revealing letters from the Catholic nun. | 3 |
| 10 | LOUDER THAN WORDS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY IN HEALING AUTISM(Dutton, $23.95) By Jenny McCarthy. A roadmap for parents. | 1 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 30, 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.)
