Southern California Rating:FICTION1 HARRY POTTER AND THE...

Southern California Rating:

FICTION

1 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $16.95) Unhappy at home, a young boy discovers that he is a great magician.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 4

2 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine Books: $17.95) Harry risks his life to solve a mystery at the Hogwarts School.

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 6

3 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $19.95) Sirius Black--an escaped convict--is on the loose, and he’s after Harry.

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 6

4 POP GOES THE WEASEL by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $26.95) Detectives probe the link between a “Jane Doe killer” in the ghettos of Washington, D.C., and a rich man’s death.

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3

5 O IS FOR OUTLAW by Sue Grafton (Henry Holt: $26) New information on an old crime forces Kinsey Millhone to look back at her ill-fated marriage.

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 5

6 PERSONAL INJURIES by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $27) Dirty lawyers, dirty judges and one equally soiled informant face off in fictional Kindle County.

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 7

7 A WALK TO REMEMBER by Nicholas Sparks (Warner: $19.95) An old man looks back at his own bittersweet love story from the vantage point that 40 years can offer.

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 6

8 BLUE AT THE MIZZEN by Patrick O’Brian (W.W. Norton: $24) The continuing maritime adventures of Aubrey and Maturin in the age of Napoleon.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

9 ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES by William Gibson (Putnam: $24.95) A motley group of heroes thwarts a billionaire’s sinister plans in the shadow of a world-changing cyber event.

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 2

10 TARA ROAD by Maeve Binchy (Delacorte: $24.95) People facing heartbreak and disappointment are drawn to a Victorian home on a shabby Dublin side street.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 14

11 SECOND WIND by Dick Francis (Putnam: $24.95) When a meteorologist and a pilot decide to fly through the eye of a hurricane, intrigue is not far behind.

Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 4

12 ZEN AND THE CITY OF ANGELS by Elizabeth Cosin (Minotaur: $23.95) A female private eye in Santa Monica takes a missing dog case and ends up implicated in a multiple murder.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

13 WALKIN’ THE DOG by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown: $24.95) The continuing adventures of Socrates Fortlow, an ex-con struggling to make a life in Watts.

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3

14 VIOLET & CLAIRE by Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins: $14.95) The friendship between two teen girls undergoes the strains of heartbreak and success.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 2

15 DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam: $27.50) This prequel to Frank Herbert’s epic “Dune” series describes turmoil in a faraway galactic empire.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 3

NONFICTION

1 ‘TIS by Frank McCourt (Scribner: $26) A young McCourt arrives from Ireland in New York, with all its peril and promise, in this sequel to “Angela’s Ashes.”

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 8

2 GALILEO’S DAUGHTER by Dava Sobel (Walker & Co.: $25) The story of the famous scientist and his daughter, Suor Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.

Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 3

3 THE WAY WE LIVED THEN by Dominick Dunne (Crown: $27.50) A personal photo album and memoir of Hollywood by a self-proclaimed name-dropper.

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 7

4 THE NEW NEW THING by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton: $25.95) The genius and ruthlessness of Silicon Valley giant Jim Clark, told from the vantage point of Clark’s cutting-edge yacht.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

5 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95) A sportswriter’s empowering story about his weekly visits to see an older dying friend.

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 96

6 WHERE DID I GO RIGHT? by Bernie Brillstein with David Rensin (Little, Brown: $24.95) A star manager dishes dirt and describes his rise from the William Morris mail room.

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2

7 HAVE A NICE DAY! by Mick Foley (ReganBooks: $25) The blood-and-guts autobiography of a professional wrestling giant, a.k.a. Mankind, Dude Love and Cactus Jack.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 2

8 CONVERSATIONS WITH WILDER by Cameron Crowe (Alfred A. Knopf: $35) The “Jerry Maguire” director coaxes Billy Wilder to reveal the secrets behind his movie hits and flops.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

9 A MAN NAMED DAVE by Dave Pelzer (Dutton: $19.95) The third book in a trilogy that started with “A Child Called ‘It’ ” about Pelzer’s overcoming physical and emotional abuse.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

10 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) This co-author of “The One Minute Manager” advises managers on how to get employees Y2K ready.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

11 FAITH OF MY FATHERS by John McCain (Random House: $25) A self-described hell-raiser, the Arizona senator rebelled in the U.S. Naval Academy but found maturity in Vietnam.

Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 9

12 DUTCH by Edmund Morris (Random House: $35) This long-anticipated official biography of President Reagan features a fictionalized narrator.

Last Week: 15; Weeks on List: 7

13 STIFFED by Susan Faludi (William Morrow: $27.50) From Sylvester Stallone to the Spur Posse, a look at the plight of the American male.

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 6

14 MAKING LOSS MATTER by Rabbi David Wolpe (Riverhead Books: $23.95) The search for meaning and purpose when loved ones die and after other losses.

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 5

15 RIVER HORSE by William Least Heat-Moon (Houghton Mifflin: $26) The author of “Blue Highways” makes a 5,000-mile journey across America’s waterways.

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 2

PAPERBACKS

FICTION

1 THE SIMPLE TRUTH by David Balducci (Warner: $7.99) A convict finds out he’s not guilty of murder.

2 MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden (Vintage: $14) The life and loves of a teahouse entertainer in Kyoto.

3 A MAN IN FULL by Tom Wolfe (Bantam: $8.50) The story of a real estate tycoon’s crash and burn.

4 THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperPerennial: $14) A missionary family’s ordeals.

5 BILLY STRAIGHT by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $7.99) A detective races to find a young murder witness.

6 SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson (Vintage: $14) Turmoil on Puget Sound during a fisherman’s trial.

7 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine: $5.99) A young wizard-in-training.

8 FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk (Henry Holt: $13) Unwind from a day at the office with blood sport and anarchy.

9 THE HAMMER OF EDEN by Ken Follett (Fawcett: $7.99) Terrorists threaten to cause earthquakes in California.

10 AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan (Anchor: $12) An editor and composer plot the downfall of a British politician.

PAPERBACKS

NONFICTION

1 ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt (Touchstone: $14) Overcoming an Irish childhood during the Depression.

2 YOUR ACTION WORLD by David Byrne (Chronicle: $29.95) A consumerism parody by the “Talking Heads” frontman.

3 THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester (HarperPerennial: $13) A madman with a flair for words.

4 BLIND MAN’S BLUFF by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew (HarperPerennial: $7.99) American submarine espionage.

5 GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton: $14.95) The part played by this triad in history.

6 THE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC 2000 Edited by Judson Hale (Villard: $5.95) Weather forecasts, tide tables and more.

7 SEAT OF THE SOUL by Gary Zukav (Fireside: $13) The inward transformation of the human soul.

8 GIRL, INTERRUPTED by Susanna Kaysen (Vintage: $12) A memoir of mental recovery and life in an institution.

9 EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS by Peter Biskind (Simon and Schuster: $15) How ‘70s filmmakers saved Hollywood.

10 THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON by George S. Clason (NAL: $6.99) Tips from the Ancients on making money.