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| Fiction | ||
| 1 | THE HOLLOW(Jove, $7.99). By Nora Roberts The "Sign of Seven" trilogy continues as the intrepid six battle something sinister in a Maryland town. | 2 |
| 2 | THE GOOD GUY(Bantam, $7.99) By Dean Koontz. A bar patron, mistaken for a hit man, decides to warn the intended victim. | 3 |
| 3 | THE BOURNE BETRAYAL(Vision, $9.99) By Eric Van Lustbader. The war on terror overtakes Jason Bourne, Robert Ludlum's master spy. | 3 |
| 4 | INVISIBLE PREY(Berkley, $9.99) By John Sandford. Davenport uncovers a ring of thieves targeting (and killing) wealthy art patrons. | 3 |
| 5 | SIMPLE GENIUS(Grand Central, $9.99) By David Baldacci. Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return, replete with personal baggage. | 8 |
| 6 | THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB (Berkley, $14). By Kate Jacobs. A yarn shop owner and single mother starts a weekly support group. | 19 |
| 7 | THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperPerennial, $15.95). By Michael Chabon Alaska substitutes for Israel in this alt-history tale. | 3 |
| 8 | SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS(Signet, $9.99) By Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and Holly Barker track a CIA agent turned assassin. | 2 |
| 9 | THE QUICKIE(Grand Central, $14.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge A scorned wife finds revenge isn't so sweet. | 3 |
| 10 | WATER FOR ELEPHANTS(Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a circus during the Great Depression. | 54 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin | 57 |
| 2 | EAT PRAY LOVE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA(Penguin, $15). By Elizabeth Gilbert | 66 |
| 3 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM (Three Rivers, $14.95). By Barack Obama | 23 |
| 4 | DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE(Three Rivers, $14.95) By Barack Obama. The senator's 1995 memoir. | 98 |
| 5 | MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG(Harper, $13.95) By John Grogan. For the love of an unruly Labrador. | 10 |
| 6 | EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE (Simon & Schuster, $17.95). By Walter Isaacson An incisive look at the man behind the science. | 1 |
| 7 | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE(HarperPerennial, $14.95) By Barbara Kingsolver et al. Homegrown joys. | 3 |
| 8 | JOHN ADAMS(Simon & Schuster, $20) By David McCullough. The movie tie-in edition (HBO Films) of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. | 16 |
| 9 | LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING ...(Back Bay, $15.95) By Marcus Luttrell et al. The Navy SEALs' Team 10. | 3 |
| 10 | OBAMA: FROM PROMISE TO POWER (Amistad, $14.95). By David Mendell A Chicago Tribune reporter takes a hard look. | 1 |
| Hardcover | ||
| Fiction | ||
| 1 | LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH By Emily Giffin (St. Martin's, $24.95) What transpires when an ex (and cad) resurfaces. | 1 |
| 2 | THE HOST(Little, Brown, $25.99) By Stephenie Meyer. A species that takes over the minds of its human hosts has overrun the Earth. | 2 |
| 3 | SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S(Little, Brown, $24.99) By James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet A child's imaginary friend may not be, after all. | 3 |
| 4 | THE WHOLE TRUTH(Grand Central, $26.99) By David Baldacci. An avaricious defense contractor spars with a global intelligence agency. | 4 |
| 5 | PHANTOM PREY(Putnam, $26.95) By John Sandford. Lucas Davenport hastens to nab a serial killer targeting kids in the Goth subculture. | 2 |
| 6 | SWINE NOT?(Little, Brown, $21.99) By Jimmy Buffett. A comic yarn about a Tennessee family's move to Manhattan -- with a pet pig. | 1 |
| 7 | CARELESS IN RED(Harper, $27.95) By Elizabeth George. Inspector Lynley, seeking solace in remote Cornwall, finds murder instead. | 2 |
| 8 | INVINCIBLE: STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE (Del Rey, $27). By Troy Denning. The New Jedi Order's risky gambit to end a wrenching civil war. | 1 |
| 9 | THE STEEL WAVE(Ballantine, $28). By Jeff Shaara The American invasion of Normandy is the crux of this second novel in Shaara's World War II trilogy. | 1 |
| 10 | THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN(Harper, $23.95) By Garth Stein. Enzo, a lab-terrier mix with human qualities (except speech), narrates this unique tale. | 1 |
| Nonfiction/General | ||
| 1 | THE LAST LECTURE(Hyperion, $21.95) By Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. A zest for life imbues a cancer-stricken professor's message. | 6 |
| 2 | AUDITION: A MEMOIR(Knopf, $29.95) By Barbara Walters. A candid chronicle of the network news veteran's full life. | 2 |
| 3 | THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD(Norton, $25.95) By Fareed Zakaria. The Newsweek International editor ponders a diminished American role. | 2 |
| 4 | COUNSELOR: A LIFE AT THE EDGE OF HISTORY (Harper, $27.95). By Ted Sorensen. Reminiscences of President Kennedy's trusted adviser. | 1 |
| 5 | ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA (Simon Spotlight, $24.95) By Chelsea Handler. Irreverent essays. | 2 |
| 6 | JUST WHO WILL YOU BE? BIG QUESTION. LITTLE BOOK. ANSWER WITHIN. (Hyperion, $14.95). By Maria Shriver | 4 |
| 7 | STOLEN INNOCENCE: MY STORY OF GROWING UP IN A POLYGAMOUS SECT ...(Morrow, $25.95) By Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer. The FLDS church. | 1 |
| 8 | PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: PROFILES IN BACKROOM POWER(Random House, $26) By John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib | 1 |
| 9 | LADIES OF LIBERTY: THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED OUR NATION(Morrow, $26.95). By Cokie Roberts In praise of a generation of early Americans. | 6 |
| 10 | A WOLF AT THE TABLE: A MEMOIR OF MY FATHER (St. Martin's, $24.95). By Augusten Burroughs Examining an unorthodox father-son relationship. | 3 |
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 18, 2008. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2008 by Nielsen BookScan. (The right-hand column of numbers represents weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. The advice/miscellaneous list to the right reflects sales from 3/31 to 4/27.)
