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Paperback fiction
1. "The Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown. (Anchor, $14.95 and $7.99; Broadway special illustrated edition, $22.95.) A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo da Vinci and to the discovery of a secret society.
2. "Angels & Demons," by Dan Brown. (Pocket Star, $9.99 and $7.99.) A Harvard scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
3. "Velocity," by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $7.99.) A bartender becomes an unwitting accomplice in choosing a serial killer's next victim.
4. "Broken Prey," by John Sandford. (Berkley, $9.99) Lucas Davenport, working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, searches for a serial killer.
5. "A Good Yarn," by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.99) The lives and loves of women who meet at a knitting class in Seattle.
Paperback nonfiction
1. "Night," by Elie Wiesel. (Hill & Wang, $9.) A new translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, first published in English in 1960.
2. "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. (Delta, $15; Dell, $7.99.) Extraordinary conclusions about the lineage of Christ.
3.(x) "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote. (Vintage, $14.) A savage murder in Kansas in 1959 and its consequences.
4. "The Tipping Point," by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A journalist's study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads
5. "The Covenant With Black America," (Third World, $12.) Essays aimed at improving life for African-Americans, introduced by Tavis Smiley. Potter, $18.95.)
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