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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 3 $26) The layered lives of victims and perpetrators are explored in the aftermath of a Manhattan shooting. 2. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A 8 billionaire enlists political help to kill a $41-million jury award over toxic-waste dumping. 3. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A killer 3 offers to donate his heart to his victim’s sister. 4. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt: $25) 3 Dublin pathologist Garret Quirke doubts suicide as the cause of a woman’s death. 5. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press: $25) An 2 ambitious woman finds her fortunes improved after a three-year bout of amnesia. 6. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s: 3 $27.95) An illiterate Londoner is framed for his future brother-in-law’s murder. 7. Life Class by Pat Barker (Doubleday: $23.95) Three 4 art-school friends face World War I. 8. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking: $25.95) 10 A rare-books expert traces the history of a priceless Jewish tome to 15th century Spain. 9. World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton: $35) Children 17 jockey for power in 14th century England. 10. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (Knopf: 3 $25.95) Jesus seeks a sense of purpose among his kin before facing his destiny. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: 12 $21.95) A look at dietary sacred cows. 2. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) 4 A father recounts his son’s descent into methamphetamine addiction. 3. sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight: 2 $24.95) The “90210” star tells all. 4. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 65 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 5. Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster: 2 $30) A revisionist look at the run-up to World War II. 6. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra (Harmony: $24) The 5 case for a more mystical interpretation of Jesus. 7. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby 5 (Pantheon: $26) Our descent into junk culture. 8. Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power (Penguin Press: 2 $32.95) A biography of the chief of the U.N. mission to Iraq killed in a terrorist bombing explores religious extremism and ethnic struggle. 9. Stop Whining, Start Living by Laura Schlessinger 2 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Tips on getting out of a rut. 10. Panama Fever by Matthew Parker (Doubleday: $29.95) 1 The passion, power and human toll involved in the building of the Panama Canal. *--*

1. Peony in Love by Lisa See ($14)

2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

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

4. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult ($15)

5. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory ($16)

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Nonfiction

1. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

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

3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

($15)

4. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($14.95)

5. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.