Sunday, March 30, 2008; BW14
| Paperback | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL(Touchstone, $16) (Pocket, $7.99). By Philippa Gregory. Sibling rivalry at the court of Henry VIII; a feature film. | 5 |
| 2 | I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE(Pocket, $7.99) By Mary Higgins Clark. Suspicion and buried bodies mar a newlywed couple's bliss. | 4 |
| 3 | NINETEEN MINUTES(Washington Square, $15) By Jodi Picoult. A student shooter's brief reign of terror in a rural high school, and its aftermath. | 4 |
| 4 | ATONEMENT(Anchor, $14.95; $7.99) By Ian McEwan. The calamitous repercussions of a child's false accusation; now a feature film. | 13 |
| 5 | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression. | 46 |
| 6 | THE 5TH HORSEMAN(Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Hospital patients' puzzling deaths suggest a wily murderer. | 10 |
| 7 | THE KITE RUNNER(Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruled country to atone for a past betrayal. | 156 |
| 8 | OBSESSION(Ballantine, $9.99) By Jonathan Kellerman. A former patient of Alex Delaware hears a startling deathbed confession. | 4 |
| 9 | THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH(NAL, $24.95) By Ken Follett. Political realities aid and hinder a cathedral's construction in 12th-century England. | 20 |
| 10 | THE ALIBI MAN(Bantam, $7.99). By Tami Hoag P.I. Elena Estes squares off against Palm Beach's beau monde (including her ex-fiance) over murder. | 2 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 58 |
| 2 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama | 15 |
| 3 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 49 |
| 4 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE(Three Rivers, $14.95) By Barack Obama. The senator's 1995 memoir. | 90 |
| 5 | JOHN ADAMS(Simon & Schuster, $20) By David McCullough. The movie tie-in edition (HBO Films) of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. | 8 |
| 6 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Harper, $13.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 2 |
| 7 | THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN(Delta, $16; Dell, $7.99) By John Grisham. A 1982 case of rape and murder. | 17 |
| 8 | INTO THE WILD(Anchor, $13.95) By Jon Krakauer. A true story (and recent film) of a young man's fatal battle with nature. | 24 |
| 9 | 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. | 38 |
| 10 | THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS(Penguin, $16) By Michael Pollan. Surprising origins of foodstuffs. | 28 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | CHANGE OF HEART(Atria, $26.95) By Jodi Picoult. A death-row inmate offers to be an organ donor for the sister of a little girl he killed. | 3 |
| 2 | THE APPEAL(Doubleday, $27.95) By John Grisham. A startling, costly verdict. A company disgraced. A CEO's Machiavellian plot. | 8 |
| 3 | REMEMBER ME?(Dial, $25). By Sophie Kinsella After a serious bump to the head, a young woman awakes, astounded, to a whole new life and look. | 4 |
| 4 | 7TH HEAVEN(Little, Brown, $27.99) By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Arsonists prey on the affluent; "Women's Murder Club" tale. | 7 |
| 5 | HONOR THYSELF(Delacorte, $27) By Danielle Steel. Stricken by amnesia after a terrorist attack, a storied actress rebuilds her life. | 4 |
| 6 | DEAD HEAT(Tyndale, $24.99) By Joel C. Rosenberg. A bitter presidential election unfolds amid political catastrophes worldwide. | 1 |
| 7 | A PRISONER OF BIRTH(St. Martin's, $27.95) By Jeffrey Archer. A thoroughly modern retelling of Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo." | 3 |
| 8 | A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS (Riverhead, $25.95). By Khaled Hosseini Two Afghan women cope with a brutish husband. | 43 |
| 9 | KILLER HEAT(Doubleday, $26). By Linda Fairstein A ruthless serial killer targeting women in uniform is but one of the challenges facing Alex Cooper. | 2 |
| 10 | WORLD WITHOUT END(Dutton, $35) By Ken Follett. Revisiting Kingsbridge (setting for "The Pillars of the Earth") two centuries later. | 20 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHER'S JOURNEY THROUGH HIS SON'S METH ADDICTION (Houghton Mifflin, $24). By David Sheff | 4 |
| 2 | COMMON WEALTH: ECONOMICS FOR A CROWDED PLANET(Penguin Press, $27.95) By Jeffrey D. Sachs. Tackling global crises. | 1 |
| 3 | LOSING IT: AND GAINING MY LIFE BACK ONE POUND AT A TIME(Free Press, $26) By Valerie Bertinelli. The child star grows up. | 4 |
| 4 | A PERSONAL STAND: OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS FROM A FREETHINKING ROUGHNECK (Villard, $23.95). By Trace Adkins | 1 |
| 5 | RETRIBUTION: THE BATTLE FOR JAPAN, 1944-45 (Knopf, $35). By Max Hastings. Portraits of key players enliven this history of the war's final year. | 1 |
| 6 | THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS(Collins, $24.95) By Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz A manual for young ladies and tomboys alike. | 20 |
| 7 | IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO (Penguin Press, $21.95). By Michael Pollan Navigating a healthy diet amid the nutrition wars. | 12 |
| 8 | THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS (Collins, $24.95). By Conn and Hal Iggulden For boys at heart, a paean to simple pastimes. | 46 |
| 9 | WHY WOMEN SHOULD RULE THE WORLD (Harper, $24.95). By Dee Dee Myers. The former White House press secretary makes her case. | 3 |
| 10 | THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF SKEPTICISM(Dutton, $24.95). By Timothy Keller A pastor's response to the anti-theism crowd. | 1 |
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