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Nonfiction/General
1Seabiscuit [65]
By Laura Hillenbrand (Ballantine, $15; Random House, $7.99)
A thoroughbred's owner, trainer and jockey guide him to renown.
22004 Zagat Survey of Washington, D.C. [5]
(Zagat Survey, $11.95)
The brand-new update (August 2003) of D.C. restaurant rankings.
3Longitudes and Attitudes [3]
By Thomas L. Friedman (Anchor, $14.95)
A roundup of the writer's articles and diaries reacting to Sept. 11.
4Congress at Your Fingertips (108th) [22]
(Capitol Advantage, $14.95)
An up-to-date guide for the first session of the 108th Congress.
5Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution [43]
By Robert C. Atkins (Quill, $13.95; Avon, $7.99)
An updated edition of the diet that shuns carbohydrates.
6A Treasury of Great American Scandals [8]
By Michael Farquhar (Penguin, $14)
Bad conduct and sexual peccadilloes of early Americans.
7 Nickel and Dimed [29]
By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl, $13)
A writer reports on the working poor by joining their ranks.
8 A People's History of the United States [1]
By Howard Zinn (Perennial, $18.95)
The one-volume U.S. history updated for its 20th anniversary.
9Guns, Germs and Steel [98]
By Jared Diamond (Norton, $16.95)
Geographical and environmental impacts on the rise of civilizations.
10Benjamin Franklin [5]
By Edmund S. Morgan (Yale Univ., $16)
The public life and civic duties of the much-lauded Founding Father.
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Nonfiction/General
1Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them [1]
By Al Franken (Dutton, $24.95)
The political humorist takes issue with the conservative agenda.
2The South Beach Diet [11]
By Arthur Agatston (Rodale, $24.95)
Weight loss through a rigorous low-carb diet, with snacks included.
3Benjamin Franklin [9]
By Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, $30)
The highly accomplished life of the politician, inventor and diplomat.
4Under the Banner of Heaven [7]
By Jon Krakauer (Doubleday, $26)
A look at a shocking 1984 murder in the name of religion.
5All the Shah's Men [1]
By Stephen Kinzer (Wiley, $24.95)
A detailed account of the toppling of the Iranian government in 1953.
6Living History [12]
By Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster, $30)
The junior senator from New York chronicles her life.
7The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) [3]
Ed. by Univ. of Chicago Press Staff (Univ. of Chicago, $55)
The first revised edition in 10 years of the respected style guide.
8Sleeping with the Devil [5]
By Robert Baer (Crown, $24.95)
The U.S. policy of appeasement toward Saudi Arabia.
9Charlie Wilson's War [5]
By George Crile (Atlantic Monthly, $26)
The maverick congressman's campaign to fund the Afghan mujaheddin.
10Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era[1]
By Lauren Kessler (HarperCollins, $26.95)
Fact and fiction in the life of the Soviet spy, who defected in 1945.