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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 17 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & 1 Giroux: $27) The saga of an undercover CIA agent beginning with the Tet offensive in Vietnam. 3. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (Ballantine Books: $23.95) 4 Scandal and tragedy haunt the intellectually driven lover of Frank Lloyd Wright. 4. Heartsick by Chelsea Cain (St. Martin’s Minotaur: 1 $23.95) To catch a killer, a detective needs the help of the jailed woman who brutally tortured him. 5. The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln 2 Child (Grand Central: $25.99) An FBI agent and his ward seek a relic stolen in Tibet. 6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 1 (Riverhead: $24.95) A sci-fi loving nerd and his immigrant family are haunted by the past. 7. Away by Amy Bloom (Random House: $23.95) A survivor of a 3 Russian pogrom arrives in New York in 1924 and soon begins a search for her lost daughter. 8. Spook Country by William Gibson (Putnam: $25.95) A 5 writer’s pursuit of a story about celebrity death scenes takes a cyber-turn for the worse. 9. Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs (Scribner: $25.95) A 2 forensic scientist thinks a New Brunswick skeleton may be that of her childhood friend. 10. The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston (Ballantine: $21.95) 1 Four teens goofing off on summer break cross paths with a family running a meth lab. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Giving by Bill Clinton (Knopf: $24.95) The former 1 president and now foundation head describes how giving our money and time can change the world. 2. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 38 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 3. Dead Certain by Robert Draper (The Free Press: $28) A 1 revealing portrait of President Bush in his own words and the words of those closest to him. 4. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 19 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Learn how to tie knots, find true north and other essential skills. 5. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (W.W. Norton: 1 $24.95) How the Warsaw Zoo director and his wife tried to shelter Polish Jews during WWII. 6. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne: 6 $24.95) An eye-popping look at how our planet might fare if there were no people on it. 7. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve: 20 $24.99) The acerbic commentator argues that the world would be a better place without religion. 8. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John 2 Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $26) Israel’s effect on the United States. 9. The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hanh (HarperOne: 4 $24.95) How to focus less on job titles and salary and more on inner strength in the search for happiness. 10. Change Your Thoughts -- Change Your Life by Wayne W. 6 Dyer (Hay House: $26.95) Applying ancient Chinese wisdom to life in the modern world. *--*