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*--* 1 The Narrows by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $25.95) 2 3 Harry Bosch struggles against man and nature to capture an FBI profiler’s killer, a serial murderer with a fondness for Edgar Allan Poe.

2 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $24.95) A 1 59 Louvre curator’s killing leads to clues hidden in Leonardo’s paintings and a secret society with something to hide.

3 Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes (Miramax: $23.95) Botoxed, 3 7 peeled and tanned-to-kill, Park Avenue princesses search for an ATM (rich boyfriend) or a P.H. (potential husband).

4 Hidden Prey by John Sandford (Putnam: $26.95) Det. Lucas -- 1 Davenport and a Russian cop investigate the murder of a Russian with high-level U.S. government connections.

5 The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason -- 1 (Dial: $24) Four Princeton roommates use clues from a 15th century manuscript to find a buried Roman treasure.

6 The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 4 34 (Hyperion: $19.95) An amusement park maintenance man faces his life, death and afterlife in this three-part parable.

7 The Southern Belles of Honeysuckle Way by Linda -- 4 Bruckheimer (Dutton: $24.95) Three sisters reunite in a Kentucky town for their grandmother’s 75th birthday.

8 The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith 6 4 (Pantheon: $19.95) Botswana’s favorite detective is hired by a wealthy woman to divine the true intentions of four suitors.

9 Little Children by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin’s: $24.95) A -- 5 group of 30ish parents confront their fears and family dysfunction as they raise their suburban offspring.

10 Memorial Day by Vince Flynn (Atria: $25.95) As Americans 8 2 prepare to unveil a war memorial in Washington, D.C., CIA operatives uncover a terrorist plot to launch a nuclear attack on the capital.

11 The Enemy by Lee Child (Delacorte: $26.95) Military -- 1 police Maj. Jack Reacher is called in to find the killers of a two-star general and his wife, as well as a missing briefcase.

12 Unwilling Accomplice by Barbara Seranella (Scribner: $24) -- 1 Los Angeles mechanic Munch Mancini gets ensnared in a search for her adopted daughter’s missing cousin.

13 Broken Dishes by Earlene Fowler (Berkley: $23.95) When -- 1 quilter Benni Harper helps friends open a guest ranch, she is drawn into the investigation of a dead body in a makeshift grave.

14 Just One Look by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $25.95) A suburban 5 3 housewife hooks up with a mobster to find her missing husband, who may have been kidnapped by a martial-arts expert.

15 Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Books: 13 8 $21.95) A marketing whiz bares her soul to the stranger next to her on a plane before finding out he’s the company’s elusive CEO.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST

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*--* 1 Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss (Gotham: $17.50) A 2 5 British novelist and journalist offers her zero-tolerance approach to punctuation, drawn from a pioneering BBC series.

2 Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster: $28) A 1 5 behind-the-scenes look at how George W. Bush and his war council came to launch a preemptive attack on Iraq.

3 Big Russ & Me by Tim Russert (Miramax: $22.95) “Meet the -- 1 Press” interviewer Tim Russert writes a paean to his dad, a WWII veteran who worked two jobs to raise his Irish Catholic family in Buffalo.

4 The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura 3 20 Schlessinger (HarperCollins: $24.95) The talk show host tells how to manage the “very simple creature” that is man.

5 The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan: 7 62 $19.99) How the “God ordained” principles of worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism bring fulfillment.

6 Worse Than Watergate by John W. Dean (Little, Brown: 8 7 $22.95) Former White House counsel details how President Bush has done more damage to the nation than President Nixon or Watergate.

7 Trump: How to Get Rich by Donald J. Trump with Meredith 10 8 McIver (Random House: $21.95) The billionaire real estate mogul turned television star riffs on how to succeed in business.

8 Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by 15 2 Bob Edwards (John Wiley: $19.95) The longtime NPR morning host writes of the broadcast pioneer.

9 Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (Penguin: $35) A look 4 3 at the first U.S. Treasury secretary, whose legacy in politics, statecraft and economics is greater than that of many presidents.

10 Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken -- 36 (Dutton: $24.95) A heaping dose of subversive wit aimed at politicos and pundits on the right.

11 The Power of Intention by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House: -- 10 $24.95) How to spark creativity and get the life you want by drawing upon a field of energy that exists all around us.

12 Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those -- 1 Who Loved Him by Chick Hearn and Steve Springer (Triumph: $27.95) Remembering Chick Hearn.

13 Dude, Where’s My Country by Michael Moore (Warner: -- 19 $24.95) Advice from the veteran gadfly on how to take back the country from the conservative forces running it.

14 Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins: $23.95) A -- 1 memoir of a friendship with the late Lucy Grealy, who wrote “Autobiography of a Face” about her struggle with cancer of the jaw.

15 Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke (Free Press: 5 9 $27) The former counter-terrorism advisor questions the Bush administration’s response to threats before Sept. 11 and its focus on Iraq since.

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