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BEST SELLERS: March 21, 2004

Published: March 21, 2004

Weeks

This Last On

Week Week List Fiction

1 1 3RD DEGREE, by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. (Little, Brown, $26.95.) While investigating several killings in San Francisco, the Women's Murder Club discovers that one of its members is a target.

2 1 51 THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $24.95.) The murder of a curator at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a centuries-old secret society.

3 2 5 THE LAST JUROR, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) In Clanton, Miss., someone is killing off the jurors who sent a member of a powerful crime family to prison for the rape and murder of a young mother.

4 3 24 THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $19.95.) An old man who died while trying to rescue a little girl from danger discovers that all will be explained to him in the afterlife.

5 4 2 RANSOM, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $26.95.) In the aftermath of a violent crime, the lives of four Californians collide.

6 6 10 ANGELS & DEMONS, by Dan Brown. (Atria, $19.95.) A Harvard scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.

7 5 2 A DEATH IN VIENNA, by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $25.95.) Looking into a bombing that killed a friend, an art restorer and spy uncovers a decades-old conspiracy of evil.

8 1 THE PRINCES OF IRELAND, by Edward Rutherfurd. (Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Dublin, from pre-Christian times to the reign of King Henry VIII.

9 7 3 AIN'T SHE SWEET? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. (Morrow, $24.95.) A woman who grew up rich and spoiled in Parrish, Miss., returns home penniless.

10 9 3 THE BIRTH OF VENUS, by Sarah Dunant. (Random House, $21.95.) In Renaissance Florence, a young married woman struggles with her attraction to a painter and with a society dominated by the monk Savonarola.

11 1 THE IDEAL BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens. (Morrow, $22.95.) Bowing to pressure, an up-and-coming member of Parliament searches for an appropriate wife.

12 10 9 *THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf, $24.95.) Sixty years of the American experience, as seen through the lives of one mismatched couple.

13 1 THE JOURNALS OF ELEANOR DRUSE. (Hyperion, $22.95.) Detailing the ''baffling and disturbing events'' that occur at a hospital in Maine; inspired by the television mini-series ''Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital.''

14 13 8 ABSOLUTE FRIENDS, by John le Carré. (Little, Brown, $26.95.) An Englishman whose career in espionage ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall is reunited in southern Germany with a onetime fellow spy.

15 15 7 THE ZERO GAME, by Brad Meltzer. (Warner, $25.95.) A seemingly harmless game played by Congressional staff members leads to murderous intrigue.

Weeks

This Last On

Week Week List Nonfiction

1 1 3 DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by Sean Hannity. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $26.95.) The radio and television personality argues that the war on terror must involve the defeat of liberalism as well as despotism.

2 2 3 THE PASSION. (Tyndale, $24.99.) A collection of still photographs taken on location during the filming of Mel Gibson's movie ''The Passion of the Christ.'' (+)

3 3 9 AMERICAN DYNASTY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) The political commentator details a ''pattern of deception'' in four generations of the Bush family.

4 5 8 THE PRICE OF LOYALTY, by Ron Suskind. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) A view inside the Bush administration from the perspective of Paul O'Neill, the president's first Treasury secretary.

5 7 4 THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS, by Brian Greene. (Knopf, $28.95.) An exploration of ''space, time and the texture of reality,'' by the author of ''The Elegant Universe.''

6 4 29 LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM), by Al Franken. (Dutton, $24.95.) A satirical critique of the rhetoric of right-wing pundits and politicians.

7 6 7 GIVE ME A BREAK, by John Stossel. (HarperCollins, $24.95.) The ''20/20'' co-anchor recalls his battles with hucksters, scam artists and ''the liberal media.''

8 10 2 GHOST WARS, by Steve Coll. (Penguin Press, $29.95.) An examination of the C.I.A.'s role in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, by the managing editor of The Washington Post. (+)

9 12 9 THE ENEMY WITHIN, by Michael Savage. (WND Books, $27.99.) The syndicated radio talk show host sets out to rebuff ''the liberal assault on our schools, faith and military.''

10 9 22 DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? by Michael Moore. (Warner, $24.95.) The author of ''Stupid White Men'' (and director of ''Bowling for Columbine'') calls for ''regime change'' in Washington.

11 11 36 GOOD TO GREAT, by Jim Collins. (HarperBusiness, $27.50.) Why some companies thrive and others do not. (+)

12 8 5 *BLINDSIDED, by Richard M. Cohen. (HarperCollins, $23.95.) A memoir of living with illness, by a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN who has had to fight both multiple sclerosis and colon cancer.

13 14 6 PERFECTLY LEGAL, by David Cay Johnston. (Portfolio, $25.95.) An analysis of inequities in the American tax system, by a reporter for The New York Times.

14 23 WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU? by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $24.95.) The host of ''The O'Reilly Factor'' attacks those individuals and institutions that he believes have let down the American people.

15 1 HOLLYWOOD, INTERRUPTED, by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner. (Wiley, $27.95.) A catalog of various instances of ''excessively bad behavior'' by celebrities.

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This Last On

Week Week List Children's Chapter Books

1 1 28 ERAGON, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $18.95.) A boy and a young dragon must navigate a bewildering world of dark powers. (Ages 12 and up)

2 4 38 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, by J. K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, $29.99.) A British teenager confronts dark discoveries at witchcraft school. (Ages 10 and up)

3 2 13 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. (Candlewick, $17.99.) A mouse, a rat and a simple servant girl embark on a magical journey. (Ages 10 and up)

4 3 24 THE SLIPPERY SLOPE, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The three Baudelaire siblings encounter more unpleasantness. (Ages 10 and up)

5 5 176 THE BAD BEGINNING, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The Baudelaire siblings find misfortune everywhere they turn. (Ages 10 and up)

6 6 145 THE REPTILE ROOM, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The second book in a series about the Baudelaire siblings. (Ages 10 and up)

7 10 84 THE WIDE WINDOW, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The Baudelaire siblings continue to become involved in ''unfortunate events.'' (Ages 10 and up)

8 13 THE AUSTERE ACADEMY, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The fifth book in a series about the Baudelaire siblings, who find misfortune everywhere. (Ages 10 and up)

9 9 43 THE MISERABLE MILL, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) Unfortunate events continue to bedevil the Baudelaire siblings. (Ages 10 and up)

10 22 THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, $10.99.) The Baudelaire siblings continue to find misfortune. (Ages 10 and up)

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended March 6, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), 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 bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available at The New York Times on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Best-seller lists for children's picture books, children's chapter books and children's paperbacks, respectively, are published in rotation on succeeding weeks; all three lists appear each week on the Book Review's Web site. Publishers have provided the age designations for their best-selling children's titles. Rankings for children's paperbacks do not include serials.
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