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1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ($14.95)

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 27 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Stone Cold by David Baldacci (Grand Central: $26.99) 2 Adventurers try to outmaneuver a swindled casino owner and a mysterious killer. 3. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $24.99) 5 A depressed divorcee kills her mother, then tries to understand what drove her to it. 4. Double Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $27.99) 1 Alex Cross is called back to action when a flurry of murders causes terror in Washington, D.C. 5. Confessor by Terry Goodkind (Tor Books: $29.95) In this 1 final chapter of the “Chainfire Triology,” Richard Rahl must find his wife and save the world. 6. Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon (Del Rey: 3 $21.95) An unlikely pair of travelers ply their skills along the Silk Road in the 10th century. 7. The Chase by Clive Cussler (Putnam: $26.95) A detective 2 pursues a bank robber across the West, landing in San Francisco for the 1906 quake. 8. World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton: $35) Four 6 children who witness a murder jockey for power and position as adults in 14th century England. 9. Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn (Atria: $26.95) When 2 the CIA director is kidnapped in Iraq, counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp must rescue her. 10. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: $26.95) 5 Forensics expert Kay Scarpetta goes to Rome to investigate a tennis champ’s murder. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Boom! Voices of the Sixties by Tom Brokaw (Random 2 House: $28.95) Reflections on a decade of social change that swept America and its people. 2. Clapton by Eric Clapton (Broadway: $26) The guitarist 6 tells all -- about the blues, becoming a rock legend, his bouts with addiction and his loves. 3. The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and 3 Miriam Peskowitz (HarperCollins: $24.95) A girls’ handbook of skills and must-have knowledge. 4. You: Staying Young by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. 3 Oz (Free Press: $26) Doctors explain how the body ages and how to counter those effects. 5. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 27 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Learn how to tie knots, find true north and other essential skills. 6. I Am America (and so Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 7 (Grand Central: $26.99) “The Colbert Report” star expounds on the forces destroying America. 7. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 48 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 8. A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years by John 1 Richardson (Knopf: $40) A look at the artist in his middle years from 1917 to 1932. 9. The Bigger Picture by Diana Walker (National 1 Geographic: $40) Thirty years of portraits from the Time magazine photographer. 10. The Second Civil War by Ronald Brownstein (Penguin: 1 $27.95) How political partisanship has polarized the nation and paralyzed government. *--*

Fiction

2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ($24.95)

3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)

4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($15)

5. The Gathering by Anne Enright ($14)

Nonfiction

1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)

2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ($13.95)

4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ($15)

5. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey ($12.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.