Fiction Hardcover
1. THE DA VINCI CODE
By Dan Brown (Doubleday $24.95)
A murder mystery that involves the death of the head curator at the Louvre.
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
By Lauren Weisberger (Doubleday $21.95)
A humorous look at life as the assistant to a powerful fashion editor.
3. NAKED PREY
By John Sandford (Putnam $26.95)
The 14th installment in the “Prey” series.
4. THE FACE
By Dean Koontz (Bantam $26.95)
A novel about the son of the world’s biggest movie star.
5. THE GUARDIAN
By Nicholas Sparks (Warner $24.95)
Romance and intrigue from the author of “Nights in Rodanthe.”
6. THE LOVELY BONES
By Alice Sebold (Little, Brown $21.95)
A novel told by the soul of a 14-year-old girl who was brutally murdered.
7. THE SINISTER PIG
By Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins $25.95)
The latest mystery featuring Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.
8. THE KING OF TORTS
By John Grisham (Doubleday $27.95)
The author’s latest legal thriller.
9. THE SECOND TIME AROUND
By Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster $26)
A thriller about the development of an anticancer vaccine.
10. DEAD RINGER
By Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins $25.95)
A new mystery featuring Bennie Rosato’s all-female Philadelphia law firm.
Nonfiction Hardcover
1. THE SOUTH BEACH DIET
By Dr. Arthur Agatston (Rodale $24.95)
A low-carb diet that includes meal plans.
2. ATKINS FOR LIFE
By Dr. Robert C. Atkins (St. Martin’s $24.95)
A comprehensive diet guide.
3. THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE
By Rick Warren (Zondervan $19.99)
Applies the lessons in “The Purpose-Driven Church” to personal experience.
4. WHO’S YOUR CADDY?
By Rick Reilly (Doubleday $24.95)
The sportwriter’s experiences caddying for famous golfers and celebrities.
5. MONEYBALL
By Michael Lewis (Norton $24.95)
How the Oakland Athletics have kept winning with a small player payroll.
6. AN UNFINISHED LIFE
By Robert Dallek (Little, Brown $30)
A biography of former president John F. Kennedy.
7. THE TEAMMATES
By David Halberstam (Hyperion $22.95)
The friendship of four ballplayers from the legendary Boston Red Sox of the 1940s.
8. LEAP OF FAITH
By Queen Noor (Miramax $25.95)
The queen of Jordan’s memoir.
9. A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
By Bill Bryson (Broadway $27.50)
Tracks history from the Big Bang to modern Homo sapiens.
10. THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT
By Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz (Free Press $26)
How to manage your energy for success.
