Sunday, November 25, 2007

	Paperback
	Fiction
1	LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA(Vintage, $14.95) By Gabriel Garc¿a M¿rquez. True love is boundless in this tale by the Nobel Prize-winning writer.	7
2	PILLARS OF THE EARTH(NAL, $24.95) By Ken Follett. 12th-century political realities aid and hinder a cathedral's construction in England.	3
3	NEXT(HarperTorch, $9.99). By Michael Crichton A near-future tale of genetic research and its scientific and moral implications.	1
4	WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression.	29
5	THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal.	141
6	WILD FIRE(Vision, $9.99). By Nelson DeMille Terrorists plot to detonate nuclear bombs in the U.S. to trigger a U.S. strike in the Middle East.	2
7	THE BANCROFT STRATEGY(St. Martin's, $9.99) By Robert Ludlum. A foundation's ulterior motives may be responsible for a U.S. agent's kidnapping.	3
8	TREASURE OF KHAN(Berkley, $9.99) By Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt and NUMA aim to stop a ruthless Mongolian tycoon.	3
9	CROSS(Grand Central, $9.99) By James Patterson. While hunting a killer, Alex Cross unwittingly finds clues to his wife's murder.	8
10	BROTHER ODD(Bantam, $7.99). By Dean Koontz Odd Thomas, who is able to see ghosts, has his monastic retreat disrupted by sinister shadows.	3
	Nonfiction/General
1	EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert	41
2	INTO THE WILD(Anchor, $13.95) By Jon Krakauer. A true story (now feature film) of a young man's tragic battle with nature.	11
3	THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin	32
4	THE GLASS CASTLE(Scribner, $14) By Jeannette Walls. A daughter's memoir of her eccentric parents and unorthodox upbringing.	90
5	THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS(Penguin, $16) By Michael Pollan. Surprising origins of foodstuffs.	12
6	BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions.	33
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.	21
8	THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID: A MEMOIR(Broadway, $14.95). By Bill Bryson A trip down memory lane by a child of the 1950s.	5
9	THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY(Picador USA, $16) By Thomas L. Friedman. A further revised edition.	18
10	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama	1
	Hardcover
	Fiction
1	DOUBLE CROSS(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson. A D.C. killer with a flair for the dramatic becomes Alex Cross's next case.	1
2	STONE COLD(Grand Central, $26.99) By David Baldacci. A rogue Homeland Security agent is out to kill Camel Club leader Oliver Stone.	2
3	CONFESSOR(Tor, $29.95). By Terry Goodkind Goodkind concludes his "Sword of Truth" SF epic that began with the novel "Wizard's First Rule."	1
4	PROTECT AND DEFEND(Atria, $26.95) By Vince Flynn. Mitch Rapp parries with Iranian operatives after a nuclear site in Iran is leveled.	3
5	RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE(St. Martin's, $27.95) By Donald McCaig. A reimagining of "Gone With the Wind" told from Rhett Butler's perspective.	2
6	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghan women cope with a brutish husband.	26
7	BOOK OF THE DEAD(Putnam, $26.95) By Patricia Cornwell. Dr. Kay Scarpetta's probe of a tennis star's murder leads her to an old nemesis.	2
8	HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS(Viking, $26.95) By Jan Karon. Father Tim wrestles with his past when he revisits his hometown after 38 years.	3
9	WORLD WITHOUT END(Dutton, $35) By Ken Follett. Revisiting Kingsbridge (setting for "The Pillars of the Earth") two centuries later.	6
10	THE CHASE(Putnam, $26.95). By Clive Cussler A historical thriller pitting a venerable detective agency against a notorious bank robber.	2
	Nonfiction/General
1	I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (Grand Central, $26.99). By Stephen Colbert Waxing hilarious on the state of the nation.	6
2	THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS(Collins, $24.95) By Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz A manual for young ladies and tomboys alike.	3
3	THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes.	29
4	BOOM!: VOICES OF THE SIXTIES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE '60S AND TODAY (Random House, $28.95). By Tom Brokaw	2
5	MY GRANDFATHER'S SON: A MEMOIR (Harper, $26.95). By Clarence Thomas The Supreme Court justice has his say.	7
6	AMERICAN CREATION: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY AT THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC (Knopf, $26.95). By Joseph J. Ellis	3
7	CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Broadway, $26). By Eric Clapton. Charting a life chock-full of passion, addictions and music.	6
8	THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD(Penguin Press, $35) By Alan Greenspan. The ex-Fed chairman reflects.	9
9	RESCUING SPRITE: A DOG LOVER'S STORY OF JOY AND ANGUISH(Pocket, $22). By Mark R. Levin How an adopted pooch changed a family forever.	2
10	SURRENDER IS NOT AN OPTION: DEFENDING AMERICA AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND ABROAD (Threshold, $27). By John Bolton	1

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Nov. 18, 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.)