Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

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*--* 1 THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 1 14 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver 2 THE SHELTERS OF STONE by Jean M. Auel (Crown: $28.95) 3 6 Cavewoman Ayla has to negotiate warring tribes and win over her beloved’s family in the latest “Earth’s Children” installment 3 ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $26) A 2 13 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II 4 THE WAILING WIND by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins: 6 4 $25.95) A body found in a parked car helps Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee solve an old case 5 IN THIS MOUNTAIN by Jan Karon (Viking: $25.95) Father Tim -- 1 and his wife Cynthia receive a warm embrace from the townspeople of Mitford on their return from Whitecap Island 6 EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer 5 7 (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A comic novel about a man’s search for his family’s past in Ukraine and the history of a forgotten shtetl 7 MORTAL PREY by John Sandford (Putnam: $26.95) Minneapolis 9 3 cop Lucas Davenport is headed for the altar, but first he has to stop the killing spree by his nemesis 8 DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & 8 7 Schuster: $26) A journalist struggles to keep her sister’s killer in prison despite his wealthy and influential family 9 UNLESS by Carol Shields (Fourth Estate: $24.95) After her 15 3 daughter drops out of college to sit on a street corner, a writer questions her long-held beliefs and assumptions 10 COURTING TROUBLE by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins: 7 3 $25.95) The newest member of an all-female Philadelphia law firm plays dead to smoke out the man who’s after her 11 THIEVES’ PARADISE by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton: $19.95) -- 2 The prospect of fast money lures two buddies into a world rife with con men and beautiful women 12 SIN KILLER by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster: $25) The 11 3 aristocratic Berrybender family abandons English comfort to explore the Missouri River frontier of the 1830s 13 CITY OF BONES by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $25.95) 4 7 Detective Harry Bosch is after the truth behind the 20-year-old murder of a child whose bones are discovered in Laurel Canyon 14 THE COMPANY by Robert Littell (Overlook Press: $28.95) -- 4 It’s spy versus spy in this epic Cold War thriller, which has CIA spooks searching for a mole in their midst 15 THE SUMMONS by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A man 13 17 discovers $3 million in his dead father’s house and hides it from his prodigal brother and a mysterious extortioner

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*--* 1 SELF MATTERS by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: 11 20 $25) A self-improvement guru and “Oprah” regular teaches readers how to “create your life from the inside out.” 2 THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME by Marlo Thomas 1 5 (Pocket Books: $25) The actress and author is joined by a host of luminaries sharing words of wisdom they’ve found useful 3 STUPID WHITE MEN ... AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR THE 2 15 STATE OF THE NATION by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more 4 BODY-FOR-LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso 15 8 (HarperCollins: $26) A 12-week program of weightlifting and cardiovascular exercise, along with nutrition and motivation tips 5 ODD GIRL OUT by Rachel Simmons (Harcourt: $25) A look at 8 6 the culture of hidden aggression the author says develops when girls are socialized to avoid conflict and anger 6 A MIND AT A TIME by Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster: $26) A 5 7 pediatrics professor argues that schools need to teach children based on their individual learning styles 7 MASTER OF THE SENATE by Robert A. Caro (Alfred A. Knopf: 12 6 $35) How LBJ awakened a moribund Senate through civil rights reform and set his sights on the White House 8 LUCKY MAN by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion: $22.95) A -- 8 heartfelt, candid memoir by the celebrity, describing his rise to fame and the effect of Parkinson’s disease on his life. (See review, page 4) 9 FIND ME by Rosie O’Donnell (Warner: $23.95) The 10 6 talk-show host writes about how helping a pregnant young girl led to her decision to end her daily television show 10 THE HEALTHY KITCHEN by Andrew Weil and Rosie Daley 3 5 (Alfred A. Knopf: $24.95) Navigating around fatty, unhealthful foods to follow an ideal, appetizing diet plan in your own home 11 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 4 114 The co-author of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change 12 AMERICAN SON by Richard Blow (Henry Holt: $25) The ups 7 4 and downs of starting a magazine and being John F. Kennedy Jr., by one of his colleagues at George 13 MEDAL OF HONOR by Allen Mikaelian (Hyperion: $25.95) The -- 1 stories of courage and sacrifice behind several recipients of the nation’s highest military decoration 14 THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam: 9 15 $27.95) A physician describes symptoms and treatments for menopause 15 FIRE LOVER by Joseph Wambaugh (William Morrow: $25.95) -- 1 The account of a former Glendale fire captain who turned out to be one of the most prolific arsonists in U.S. history

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