New York Times Best-Sellers - August 19, 2007

Hardback fiction

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $25.95). A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.

2. The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99). A police officer's attempt to get back at her husband, whom she suspects of cheating on her, goes dangerously awry.

3. The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva (Putnam, $25.95). Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy, joins the search for the kidnapped daughter of an American ambassador.

4. High Noon by Nora Roberts (Putnam, $26.95). A hostage negotiator must face down her unknown stalker.

5. The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (Simon &amp; Schuster, $26). The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

6. Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter (Delacorte, $25). In defending herself from murder charges, a police officer must confront her past.

7. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $27.95). The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum becomes a suspect when her ex-husband disappears.

8. The First Commandment by Brad Thor (Atria, $25.95). Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, is stalked by a terrorist mysteriously released from Guantánamo.

9. The Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader (Warner, $25.99). Robert Ludlum's character Jason Bourne tangles with a group of diabolical Islamic terrorists.

10. Justice Denied by J. A. Jance (Morrow, $25.95). J. P. Beaumont's investigation of a murder suggests a conspiracy in high places.

Hardback nonfiction

1. It's All About Him by Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn (Thomas Nelson, $24.99). The wife of the country music star Alan Jackson describes how religious faith restored her marriage.

2. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown, $24.99). The only survivor of a Navy Seal operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle.

3. Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale, $26.99). A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (this year, with the Indianapolis Colts).

4. God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve, $24.99). Religion as a malignant force in the world.

5. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, $22). A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity.

6. Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner (Doubleday, $27.95). A history of the CIA by a New York Times reporter, focusing on the agency's failures and delusions of grandeur.

7. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, $24.95). Drawing on science, art and religion, Weisman imagines what Earth would be like if humans disappeared.

8. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins, $26.95). The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food.

9. The Prince of Darkness by Robert D. Novak (Crown Forum, $29.95). Reflections on 50 years as a Washington journalist.

10. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown (Doubleday, $27.50). The Princess of Wales' romance with the media.

Hardback miscellaneous

1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95). The law of attraction is the key to getting what you want.

2. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Gonn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins/HarperCollins, $24.95). Skipping stones, tying knots and other essential activities -- video games not included.

3. The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau (Alliance, $24.95). Diet advice, centering on the role of hormones and supplements.

4. Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House, $26.95). Applying the principles of the Tao Te Ching.

5. You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al. (Free Press, $25). Weight-loss tips, from the authors of "You: The Owner's Manual."

Paperback fiction

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, $13.95). A young man -- and an elephant -- save a Depression-era circus.

2. Ricochet by Sandra Brown (Pocket, $9.99). A detective is attracted to a judge's wife who he suspects is not telling the truth.

3. Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Grand Central, $7.99). The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch returns to an old unsolved case.

4. The MacGregor Brides by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, $7.99). A family patriarch finds three young men to marry his granddaughters in this reissue of a 1997 book.

5. Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson (Zebra, $7.99). A San Francisco woman must outmaneuver a killer who is taking revenge on her family.

6. Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber (Mira, $7.99). A woman returns to the North Dakota town where she spent her childhood vacations in this reissue of a 1999 novel.

7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $15.95 and $14). An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared.

8. Dockside by Susan Wiggs (Mira, $7.99). With her daughter finally out of the house, a woman determined to fly solo falls for the owner of a lakeside inn.

9. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin, $14). A doctor's decision to secretly send his newborn daughter with Down syndrome to an institution haunts everyone involved.

10. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Vintage, $14.95). Privileged 30-somethings try to make their way in literary New York just before 9/11.

Paperback nonfiction

1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin Books, $15). A writer's journey in search of self takes her to Italy and India.

2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14). Author recalls a childhood during which she and siblings constantly moved.

3. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell, $12.99). A minister describes the otherworldly experience he had after a car accident.

4. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $15.99). The author of "The Tipping Point" explores the importance of hunch and instinct to the workings of the mind.

5. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (Picador, $16). An updated edition of the Times columnist's analysis of 21st-century economics and foreign policy.

6. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin Books, $15). A former mountain climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

7. Night by Elie Wiesel (Hill &amp; Wang, $9). A new translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

8. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95). A journalist's study of social epidemics (fads).

9. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage, $14.95). The tale of an architect and a serial killer, linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.

10. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (Penguin, $16). How the failure to understand the developing Iraqi insurgency contributed to its further growth.

Paperback miscellaneous

1. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press, $13.95). Stop eating junk and start looking fabulous.

2. What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway (Workman, $13.95). For parents-to-be.

3. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner, $16.95). Teaching one's children how to get rich and stay rich.

4. 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman, $19.95). Get to know more of North America.

5. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield, $13.99). How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.

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