The New York Times Best Sellers

October 7, 2007

Fiction

1. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan.
An aspiring photographer working as a nanny has terrible visions.

2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini.
A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.

3. DEAD HEAT, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis.
Someone is out to destroy a young chef’s New­market restaurant, poisoning food and setting off a bomb.

4. MAKING MONEY, by Terry Pratchett.
In this Discworld fantasy, Moist von Lipwig takes over Ankh-Morpork’s Royal Mint.

5. PONTOON, by Garrison Keillor.
After the death of a good Lutheran lady in Lake Wobegon, her daughter learns about her secret life.

6. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast helps recover a stolen Tibetan relic with evil powers.

7. JONATHAN’S STORY, by Julia London with Alina Adams.
The story behind Jonathan’s disappearance, based on the TV daytime drama “Guiding Light.”

8. THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS, by Jason F. Wright.
Two brothers and a sister learn about their family’s past through their parents’ love letters.

9. BONES TO ASHES, by Kathy Reichs.
The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is asked to examine the skeleton of a young girl in Canada.

10. THE BONE GARDEN, by Tess Gerritsen.
A woman finds a skull in her garden, while in the 1830’s, a medical student tracks a killer.

11. DEXTER IN THE DARK, by Jeff Lindsay.
A gruesome murder forces Dexter to examine the source of his own (benign) homicidal prowess.

12. GARDEN SPELLS, by Sarah Addison Allen.
Two sisters overcome their differences and claim their heritage when one returns to their North Carolina home.

13. THE 47TH SAMURAI, by Stephen Hunter.
A former marine encounters Tokyo’s criminal underworld.

14. THE QUICKIE, by James Patterson and Michael Led­widge.
A police officer’s attempt to get back at her husband goes dangerously awry.

15. LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan.
The scandalous affair between a married Chicago woman and the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

16. DARK POSSESSION, by Christine Feehan.
A Seattle counselor for battered women is wooed by a shape-shifter in Brazil; the 18th Carpathian novel.

Non-Fiction

1. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan.
A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

2. IF I DID IT, by the Goldman family.
O.J. Simpson’s “hypothetical” confession to the murder of his wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman.

3. GIVING, by Bill Clinton.
The former president describes people and projects that save lives and solve problems around the world.

4. LOUDER THAN WORDS, by Jenny McCarthy.
A mother deals with her son’s autism and struggles to find treatment.

5. THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin.
A portrait of the Supreme Court since the Reagan administration focuses on the influence of its moderates.

6. POWER TO THE PEOPLE, by Laura Ingraham.
The political commentator urges Americans to restore traditional conservative principles.

7. THE HEROIN DIARIES, by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins.
The Mötley Crüe bassist’s record of a year of drug addiction.

8. THE WAR, by Geoffrey C. Ward.
A companion to the seven-part PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns, with hundreds of photographs.

9. MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT.
Writings and reflections on her spiritual journey.

10. QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker.
A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianpolis Colts in 2007).

11. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, by Alan Alda.
The actor describes his search for meaning in life following an illness.

12. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson.
The only survivor of a Navy Seal operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle, his comrades and his courageous escape.

13. BLONDE AMBITION, by Rita Cosby.
The life and death of Anna Nicole Smith.

14. DEAD CERTAIN, by Robert Draper.
A portrait of George W. Bush as a willful optimist who prizes familiarity and dislikes criticism and bad news.

15. WORLD WAR IV, by Norman Podhoretz.
The former editor in chief of Commentary argues that the struggle against “Islamofascism” is a world war.

16. WONDERFUL TONIGHT, by Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor.
A rock muse recalls falling in love with Eric Clapton while she was married to George Harrison.