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Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

July 13, 2007

Fiction weeks on list
1.Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press: $27.95) Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum faces a stalker, a kidnapper and an old robbery.2
2.The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Random House: $26) A traveler arrives at the Mughal emperor's court with a beguiling tale.5
3.Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown: $27.99) A widow takes her children on a sailing vacation that goes desperately wrong.3
4.The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) Alien invaders take over the minds of humans.8
5.The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead: $24.95) A sci-fi-loving nerd and his immigrant family are haunted by the past.23
6.Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (Pantheon: $23.95) An equities analyst's life is upended after Sept. 11, when his wife and son flee New York for London.2
7.Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf: $25) Stories of U.S.-born children and their Bengal-born parents straddling cultures. 13
8.The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow (Knopf: $23.95) A surfing private eye trying to unravel an insurance scam tangles with thugs in San Diego's Pacific Beach. 4
9.The Last Oracle by James Rollins (William Morrow: $26.95) The Sigma Force battles scientists who may have bioengineered the end of humanity. 1
10.Nothing to Lose by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) A sect plans to hasten the end times in Colorado.4
11.The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst (Random House: $25) A French diplomat tries to uncover Germany's plans in 1937 Poland.4
12.Rogue by Danielle Steel (Delacorte: $27) A cad of a husband and father turns over a new leaf and tries to win back his successful psychiatrist ex. 1
13.The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Harper: $23.95) A dog's-eye view of love, loyalty and sacrifice.6
14.Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster: $25.95) Girlfriends make a vow to radically updo their lives.5
15.Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Abrams: $12.95) A novel-in-cartoons captures the dramatics of middle-school life. 1
Nonfiction
1.When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. 5
2.What Happened by Scott McClellan (PublicAffairs: $27.95) The former Bush press secretary says the administration deceived the public about Iraq.5
3.The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor with terminal cancer urges us to seize life's moments. 12
4.Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight: $24.95) The talk-show host skewers dating, family and work.9
5.All for a Few Perfect Waves by David Rensin (HarperEntertainment: $25.95) The life of legendary surfer Miki Dora. 4
6.The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi (Vanguard: $26.95) The case against the president for the murder of U.S. troops in Iraq.4
7.The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life's secrets, distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 79
8.Fleeced by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Harper: $26.95) How the average American is being sold out by interests foreign and domestic. 1
9.My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Viking: $24.95) A brain scientist describes her massive stroke and the steps she took to a full recovery.3
10.Audition by Barbara Walters (Knopf: $29.95) The pioneering newswoman recalls her life and career.8
11.The Soloist by Steve Lopez (Putnam: $25.95) The Times columnist befriends a mentally ill, homeless musician. 10
12.Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black (Riverhead: $24.95) The comedian takes on organized and not-so-organized religions and their adherents.2
13.The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi (Grand Central: $25.99) On the trail of a killer who preyed on lovers in the Italian countryside.3
14.Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A father's struggle with his son's meth addiction. 11
15.The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria (W.W. Norton: $25.95) What the future holds with the United States fading as the world's leading economy.8
Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.




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