Copyright © 2006 by THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW March 26, 2006 The New York Times Best Sellers This Last Weeks This Last Weeks Week FICTIONWeek On List Week NONFICTION Week On Lis THE 5TH HORSEMAN, by James Patterson and Max- 24 MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan. (Morrow, $21.95.) A 121 1 ine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.95.) Detective Lindsay 1 newspaper columnist and his wife learn some life Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate un- lessons from their neurotic dog. explained deaths at a San Francisco hospital. THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Far- 249 THE TENTH CIRCLE, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.) 1 2 rar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50.) A columnist for The New 2 When his teenage daughter is date-raped, a comic- York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and for- book artist is overwhelmed by rage he thought he had eign policy and presents an overview of globalization. buried with his past. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. 348 THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, 3 155 3 Dubner. (Morrow, $25.95.) A maverick scholar and a 3 $24.95; special illustrated edition, $35.) A murder at journalist apply economic theory to everything from the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work cheating sumo wrestlers to the falling crime rate. of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society. YOU’RE WEARING THAT?, by Deborah Tannen. 57 THE HOUSE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A 124 (Random House, $24.95.) How mothers and daughters 4 workaholic lawyer’s life changes when she buys a communicate. crumbling mansion. * BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $25.95.) 758 CELL, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $26.95.) What re- 475 The author of ‘‘The Tipping Point’’ explores the impor- 5 mains of humanity fights to survive after a mysteri- tance of hunch and instinct to the workings of the mind. ous force scrambles cellphone users’ brains. MANHUNT, by James L. Swanson. (Morrow, $26.95.) 45 THE TEMPLAR LEGACY, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, 536 The 12-day pursuit of John Wilkes Booth after his as- 6 $24.95.) A former Justice Department operative be- sassination of Abraham Lincoln. comes involved in a desperate search for the long-lost treasure and secrets of the medieval Knights Templar. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion. 623 7 (Knopf, $23.95.) The author’s attempts to come to THE LAST TEMPLAR, by Raymond Khoury. (Dutton, 68 terms with the death of her husband and the grave ill- 7 $24.95.) A coding device stolen from an exhibit of Vat- ness of their only daughter. ican artifacts may hold clues to the medieval Knights Templar’s long-lost treasure — and their secrets. LEFT TO TELL, by Immaculée Ilibagiza with Steve 1 8 Erwin. (Hay House, $24.95.) How a woman found God FALSE IMPRESSION, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Mar- 1 after surviving the Rwandan genocide. 8 tin’s, $27.95.) A murderous international conspiracy swirls around a stolen Van Gogh. MISQUOTING JESUS, by Bart D. Ehrman. (Harper- 3 9 SanFrancisco, $24.95.) How mistakes and changes by IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN, by Sarah 74 ancient scribes shaped the Bible we use today. 9 Dunant. (Random House, $23.95.) A courtesan and her pimp, a dwarf, make their way in Renaissance Venice. THE BROTHERS BULGER, by Howie Carr. (Warner, 2 10 $25.95.) The story of two Massachusetts brothers, one NIGHTLIFE, by Thomas Perry. (Random House, 1 a criminal, the other a politician. 10 $24.95.) A woman detective in Portland, Ore., hunts a woman serial killer. TEAM OF RIVALS, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon 820 11 & Schuster, $35.) The political genius of Abraham * THE REBELS OF IRELAND, by Edward Rutherfurd. 10 2 Lincoln, from the author of ‘‘No Ordinary Time.’’ 11 (Doubleday, $28.95.) A story of six families against the sweep of Irish history from 1597 to 1922. TEACHER MAN, by Frank McCourt. (Scribner, $26.) 11 17 12 The author of ‘‘Angela’s Ashes’’ remembers his years LABYRINTH, by Kate Mosse. (Putnam, $25.95.) A 1 teaching high school English in New York City. 12 woman on an archaeological dig in France stumbles on the 13th-century secret of the true Grail. BEYOND BAND OF BROTHERS, by Dick Winters with 10 4 13 Cole C. Kingseed. (Berkley Caliber, $24.95.) The war THE TWO MINUTE RULE, by Robert Crais. (Simon & 83 memoirs of the commander of Easy Company, made 13 Schuster, $24.95.) A robber just released from prison famous by Stephen Ambrose’s ‘‘Band of Brothers.’’ tracks down the killers of his son, a Los Angeles cop. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David 1 KILL ME, by Stephen White. (Dutton, $25.95.) A busi- 1 14 Oliver Relin. (Viking, $25.95.) A former mountain 14 nessman signs a contract to end his own life. climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. SEA CHANGE, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $24.95.) 12 5 EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Viking, 12 2 15 Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., search- 15 $24.95.) A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self es for the killer of a woman whose body washed ashore. takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia. * THE OLD WINE SHADES, by Martha Grimes. 13 3 * CONFESSIONS OF A VIDEO VIXEN, by Karrine 13 22 16 (Viking, $25.95.) Richard Jury of New Scotland Yard 16 Steffans. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $24.95.) A tell-all investigates a disappearance that involves a murder. by an actress who has appeared in many hip-hop videos. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended March 11, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers, statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some book- stores report receiving bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available at The New York Times on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2006 by March 26, 2006 The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Paperback Best Sellers This Weeks This Weeks Week FICTIONOn List Week NONFICTION On List KILL THE MESSENGER, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, 2 NIGHT, by Elie Wiesel. (Hill & Wang, $9.) A new 8 1 $7.99.) A bicycle messenger becomes the prime suspect 1 translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz in the murder of a sleazy Los Angeles defense attorney. and Buchenwald, first published in English in 1960. FATAL BURN, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra, $7.99.) A for- 2 IN COLD BLOOD, by Truman Capote. (Vintage, $14.) 56 2 mer Special Forces agent searches for his daughter. 2 A murder in Kansas in 1959 and its consequences. RAGE, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $7.99.) 2 A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, by James Frey. 25 3 The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware tries to fig- 3 (Anchor, $14.95.) Both author and publisher ure out who murdered a young man who had spent acknowledge that this memoir contains numerous time behind bars for killing a child when he was a fabrications. teenager. THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back 83 PRETTY WOMAN, by Fern Michaels. (Pocket, 2 4 Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A journalist’s study of 4 $7.99.) After kicking her no-good husband out of the social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. house, a Georgia woman wins $300 million in a lot- tery. THREE WEEKS WITH MY BROTHER, by Nicholas 11 5 Sparks and Micah Sparks. (Warner, $13.95.) The THE MERMAID CHAIR, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Pen- 1 novelist and his sibling describe their trip around 5 guin, $14.) On Egret Island, off the coast of South the world. Carolina, a married woman is strongly attracted to a monk. THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA. (Third 1 6 World, $12.) Essays aimed at improving life for MICAH, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Jove, $7.99.) The 2 African-Americans, introduced by Tavis Smiley. 6 vampire hunter Anita Blake must reanimate a fed- eral witness. SMASHED, by Koren Zailckas. (Penguin, $14.) A 6 7 young woman remembers her excessive drinking SAM’S LETTERS TO JENNIFER, by James Patter- 3 throughout high school and college. 7 son. (Warner, $6.99.) In the house where she grew up, a woman finds a collection of letters addressed to THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, 9 her that will change her life forever. 8 $14.) The author, a contributor to MSNBC.com, recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her DEVIL IN WINTER, by Lisa Kleypas. (Avon, $7.50.) 2 siblings were constantly moved from one bleak 8 To escape her unscrupulous relatives, Evie Jenner place to another. proposes marriage to a notorious libertine. * COLLAPSE, by Jared Diamond. (Penguin, $17.) A 12 WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS, by Elizabeth George. 2 9 historical investigation into why some societies 9 (HarperTorch, $7.99.) Detective Inspector Thomas succeed while others fail. Lynley and his colleagues hunt for a serial killer. * THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. 108 * THE BROKER, by John Grisham. (Dell, $7.99.) The 16 10 (Vintage, $14.95.) The tale of a great architect and a 10 C.I.A. arranges a presidential pardon for a power bro- serial killer, who were linked by the Chicago World’s ker who may know crucial secrets. Fair of 1893. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini. 79 ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION, by Temple Grandin 9 11 (Riverhead, $15.95 and $14.) An Afghan-American 11 and Catherine Johnson.