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FICTION

1 THE BONESETTER’S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan (Putnam: $25.95) A ghostwriter uncovers her family’s anguished past in China as her mother struggles with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Weeks on List: 7

2 DREAMCATCHER by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) Four boyhood friends return to a cabin in the Maine woods to recall old times and face horrifying bodysnatchers.

Last week: 4

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3 MY DREAM OF YOU by Nuala O’Faolain (Riverhead: $25.95) In researching a 150-year-old divorce case, an Irish writer uncovers a story of love and devotion.

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4 THE VILLA by Nora Roberts (Putnam: $25.95) The merger of two powerful family wineries in Napa, Calif., results in romance, intrigue, sabotage and murder.

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5 THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown: $24.95) Two poets sustain a lifelong passionate relationship even though they have been together only three times.

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6 SCARLET FEATHER by Maeve Binchy (Dutton: $25.95) A pair of caterers make the best food in all of Dublin, feeding their clients’ stomachs as well as their souls.

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7 A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) Tensions between two groups of farm workers result in a brutal murder in this tale of an Arkansas boyhood in 1952.

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8 A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan (Viking: $25.95) A matriarch, her husband and her children see life-and one another-on their own terms.

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9 POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (Putnam: $23.95) The 28th Spenser novel finds the private investigator in Potshot, Ariz., a former mining town reborn as a millionaires’ retreat.

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10 SHOPGIRL by Steve Martin (Hyperion: $17.95) A young artist working days in the glove department of Neiman Marcus falls in love with a millionaire businessman.

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11 1st TO DIE by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $26.95) Four female professionals dubbed “The Women’s Murder Club” track a killer with a penchant for newlyweds.

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12 SINGING BOY by Dennis McFarland (Henry Holt: $25) After a man is gunned down by a stranger while his wife and son watch, his widow and best friend suffer the consequences.

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13 A CLOD OF WAYWARD MARL by Rick Demarinis (Dennis McMillan Publications: $30) A “trash for cash” writer takes a job as a professor at La Siberia Tech.

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14 MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow: $25) A young girl’s murder in a Massachusetts neighborhood causes three friends to confront the skeletons in their closets.

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15 THE ORANGE CURTAIN by John Shannon (Carroll & Graf: $24) Jack Liffey finds himself on the trail of a killer when he investigates the disappearance of a Vietnamese American girl.

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NONFICTION

1 SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House: $24.95) How three men transformed a thoroughbred horse from a neurotic also-ran into an American sports icon.

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Weeks on List: 5

2 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) The coauthor of “The One Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to show people how to manage change.

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Weeks on List: 55

3 FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin: $25) A journalist exposes the fast-food industry’s strategies, from meatpacking to the boardroom, to control American consumers.

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Weeks on List: 8

4 MORE THAN A GAME by Phil Jackson and Charley Rosen (Seven Stories Press: $24.95) A tribute to the Triangle Offense and a chronicle of the Lakers’ latest championship season.

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5 LOST HOLLYWOOD by David Wallace (St. Martin’s: $23.95) A tour of the movie capital’s locations and the stories, glamour and romance associated with them.

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6 BECOMING AMERICA by Jon Butler (Harvard University Press: $27.95) A study of 18th century colonial America exposes the turmoil that would become a revolution.

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7 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95) A sportswriter’s story of the life lessons he received during weekly visits to an older dying friend.

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8 A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $12.95) The columnist reflects on what it takes to “get a life” by living deeply rather than merely existing.

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Weeks on List: 21

9 ULTIMATE JOURNEY by Richard Bernstein (Alfred A. Knopf: $26) A former New York Times correspondent retraces the trail of an ancient Buddhist monk into the heart of Central Asia.

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10 AN HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster: $26) Memories of the former president’s boyhood on a Georgia farm during the Great Depression.

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11 WALKING THE BIBLE by Bruce Feiler (William Morrow: $26) A writer joins an archeologist on a trek in the Middle East to connect more deeply with his religious roots.

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12 A PRIMATE’S MEMOIR by Robert M. Sapolsky (Scribner: $25) A primatologist reminisces on more than 20 years spent studying a troop of baboons in Kenya.

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13 SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER by Tracy Hogg with Melinda Blau (Ballantine: $22) A neonatal nurse blends intuition with simple techniques to help parents and infants to bond.

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14 ICE BOUND by Jerri Nielsen (Talk Miramax: $23.95) A doctor struggles with breast cancer while serving at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica.

Last week: 7

Weeks on List: 8

15 DARWIN AWARDS by Wendy Northcutt (Dutton: $16.95) Stupid human tricks: Honoring those who improve our gene pool by eliminating themselves from it.

Last week: 4

Weeks on List: 14

Paperbacks / FICTION

1 GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier (Plume: $12) The woman who inspired a Vermeer painting.

2 THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant (Picador USA: $14) The blossoming of Dinah, Jacob’s only daughter, in Genesis.

3 WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by Joyce Carol Oates (Plume: $13.95) An ideal family’s world is rocked by tragedy.

4 GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE by Susan Vreeland (Penguin: $12) Eight stories linked by a Dutch master’s painting.

5 ALONG CAME A SPIDER by James Patterson (Warner: $7.99) A serial killer kidnaps two children from an elite school.

6 SICK PUPPY by Carl Hiaasen (Warner: $7.99) An eco-terrorist and a Labrador retriever among the thugs.

7 BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON by Helen Fielding (Penguin: $13) Has Bridget found the perfect mate?

8 THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH by Gabrielle Donnelly (Berkley: $12.95) A woman learns about her mother’s past.

9 HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III (Vintage: $14) Two families clash over an auctioned house.

10 CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris (Penguin: $12.95) A new chocolate shop arouses French villagers’ desires.

Paperbacks / NONFICTION

1 A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers (Vintage: $14) A 22-year-old raises his brother.

2 RIVER-HORSE by William Least Heat Moon (Penguin: $13) Traveling America, from New York to the Pacific Ocean.

3 STILL LIFE WITH RICE by Hellie Lee (Touchstone: $13) An American woman learns from her Korean grandmother.

4 THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht (Chronicle: $14.95) S-O-S!

5 RICH DAD, POOR DAD by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Techpress: $15.95) Adventures in fiscal parenting.

6 GEORGE W. BUSHISMS edited by Jacob Weisberg (Simon & Schuster: $9.95) The accidental wit of the 43rd president.

7 GALILEO’S DAUGHTER by Dava Sobel (Penguin: $14) The famous astronomer and his daughter, a cloistered nun.

8 ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH by Ric Edelman (HarperResource: $15) Middle-class tycoons.

9 OH NO! NOT ANOTHER PROBLEM by Jeanette A. Griver and Michele W. Vodrey (Compsych: $12.95) Problem solving.

10 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler (Villard: $12.95) The award-winning play in book form.

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.