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New York Times bestsellers (hardcover)
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
Sunday, May 20, 2007, Page 18
FICTION
1. SIMPLE GENIUS
by David Baldacci
WarnIer
Two former Secret Service agents investigate a scientist¡¦s murder.
2. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN¡¦S UNION
by Michael Chabon
HarperCollins
A detective investigates the murder of a neighbor in a Jewish settlement in Alaska.
3. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
by J.R.R. Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien)
Houghton Mifflin
In Middle-earth, an evil lord wants to destroy his rival¡¦s children.
4. THE WOODS
by Harlan Coben
Dutton
New evidence about a case of murder and disappearance at a summer camp 20 years earlier forces a county prosecutor to confront family secrets.
5. RANT
by Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday
The ¡§oral biography¡¨ of a serial killer.
6. ALL TOGETHER DEAD
by Charlaine Harris
Ace
Sookie Stackhouse, a New Orleans cocktail waitress, is swept up in the intrigue of a vampire summit.
7. THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
by Alexander McCall Smith
Pantheon
The eighth novel in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
8. I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
by Mary Higgins Clark
Simon & Schuster
A woman marries a childhood acquaintance suspected of several murders.
9. BODY SURFING
by Anita Shreve
Little, Brown
A woman takes a job as a tutor and becomes involved in a wealthy family¡¦s rivalries.
10. NINETEEN MINUTES
by Jodi Picoult
Atria
The aftermath of a high school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town.
11. BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET
by Debbie Macomber
Mira
More stories of life and love from a Seattle knitting class.
12. THE RIVER KNOWS
by Amanda Quick
Putnam
In Victorian England, an investigative reporter and a wealthy Londoner feign a romance while they investigate a man suspected of murder.
13. FRESH DISASTERS
by Stuart Woods
Putnam
Stone Barrington, the New York cop turned lawyer, tangles with a mob boss and pursues a complicated romance.
NONFICTION
1. AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
by George Tenet
HarperCollins
The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency looks back on his career.
2. EINSTEIN
by Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster
A biography based on newly released personal letters.
3. GOD IS NOT GREAT
by Christopher Hitchens
Twelve
Religion as a malignant force in the world.
4. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
HarperCollins
The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food; an argument for diversified farms and sustainable agriculture.
5. PAULA DEEN: IT AIN¡¦T ALL ABOUT THE COOKIN¡¦
by Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen
Simon & Schuster
A memoir with recipes from the Southern cooking impresario, writer and TV personality.
6. A LONG WAY GONE
by Ishmael Beah
Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
A former child solider from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity.
7. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE
by Lee Iacocca
Scribner
The former CEO of Chrysler protests the lack of political and business leadership on issues like health care and energy policy.
8. SILENT PARTNER
by Dina Matos McGreevey
Hyperion
The former wife of the former governor of New Jersey, Jim McGreevey, tells the story of her marriage to a man who resigned his office and came out as a ¡§gay American.¡¨
9. THE BLACK SWAN
by Nassim Nicholas Tableb
Random House
The role of the unexpected.
10. KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL
by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson
Random House
To aid Afghan women, an American runs a beauty school in Kabul.
11. HOW DOCTORS THINK
by Jerome Groopman
Houghton Mifflin
A doctor and New Yorker staff writer describes how doctors arrive at diagnoses and what patients can do to make sure they don¡¦t err.
12. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
by Nora Ephron
Knopf
A witty look at aging from a novelist and screenwriter of When Harry Met Sally.
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