Sunday, May 25, 2008

	Paperback
	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.)