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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf: $25) Stories 2 of American-born children and their Bengali parents straddling cultures. 2. Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown: 2 $26.99) Two cops become ensnared in a femme fatale’s nasty divorce. 3. Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 5 $26) The layered lives of victims and perpetrators are explored in the aftermath of a Manhattan shooting. 4. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A 10 billionaire tries to reverse a $41-million jury verdict over toxic-waste dumping. 5. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) A 2 blood stain in a stolen luxury car sets Alex Delaware on the trail of a serial killer. 6. Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Roc: $23.95) The wizard 1 Harry Dresden searches for a Chicago mobster. 7. Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff (Knopf: $26.95) New 2 short stories reflecting contemporary American life by the master of the form. 8. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Putnam: 1 $24.95) A collection of the late author’s unpublished short fiction. 9. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press: $25) An 5 ambitious woman finds her fortunes improved after a three-year bout of amnesia. 10. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A killer 5 offers to donate his heart to his victim’s sister. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) 6 A father’s struggle with his son’s meth addiction. 2. The Bin Ladens by Steve Coll (Penguin: $35) How the 1 family of Osama bin Laden came to prominence and power in the Middle East. 3. Home by Julie Andrews (Hyperion: $26.95) The star of 1 stage and screen tells of her early years, from 1935 to 1963, when she was cast in “Mary Poppins.” 4. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 67 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: 14 $21.95) A look at dietary sacred cows. 6. Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster: 3 $30) A revisionist look at the run-up to World War II. 7. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and 2 Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak (Howard Books: $21.99) A young woman believed dead is in a coma. 8. Stop Whining, Start Living by Laura Schlessinger 4 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Tips on getting out of a rut. 9. Vindicated by Jose Canseco (Simon Spotlight: $25.95) 1 The former outfielder reveals more about steroid use in Major League Baseball. 10. sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight: 4 $24.95) The “90210” star tells all. *--*

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

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

3. Simple Genius by David Baldacci ($9.99)

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

5. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult ($15)

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Nonfiction

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

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

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

4. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

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

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.