Sunday, October 7, 2007

	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.)