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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 1 $26) The layered lives of victims, perpetrators and the Lower East Side are explored after a shooting. 2. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt: $25) A 1 Dublin pathologist investigates the suicide of a woman with a double life. 3. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A 6 billionaire enlists political help to kill a $41-million jury award over toxic-waste dumping. 4. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press: $25) An 1 ambitious woman finds her fortunes improved after a three-year bout of amnesia. 5. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A man on 1 death row for murder complicates matters when he offers to donate his heart to a victim’s sister. 6. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking: $25.95) 9 A rare-books expert traces the history of a priceless Jewish tome to 15th century Spain. 7. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s: 1 $27.95) Four friends frame a man for murder. 8. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 42 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 9. 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, 5 Brown: $27.99) Det. Lindsay Boxer seeks a murderous arsonist and a missing teen. 10. The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller (Knopf: $24.95) A bride 8 learns from a politician’s long-suffering spouse. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) 2 A father recounts his talented son’s descent into methamphetamine addiction. 2. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra (Harmony: $24) 3 Chopra makes a case for a more modern, and mystical, interpretation of Jesus Christ. 3. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: 10 $21.95) A look at dietary sacred cows. 4. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 63 Life’s secrets distilled. 5. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli (Free Press: $26) How 2 the teen TV star then rocker’s wife got her life back. 6. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby 4 (Pantheon: $26) Our descent into junk culture. 7. Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington by Thomas 1 Cathcart and Daniel Klein (Abrams: $18.95) Washington double-speak meets ancient philosophy. 8. Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridge (Hyperion: $22.95) The 3 harrowing story of a life in the foster-care system. 9. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (Crown: 2 $19.95) How to outsource your stress. 10. Happier Than God by Neale Donald Walsch (Hampton 1 Roads: $18.95) The author of “Conversations With God” describes how a direct collaboration with God can improve one’s life. *--*

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

2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

3. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris ($13.99)

4. The Gathering by Anne Enright ($14)

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

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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.