FICTION

November 25, 2001

1 THE CORRECTIONS by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $26) The saga of a dysfunctional Midwestern family living at the end of the 20th century.

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2 LAST MAN STANDING by David Baldacci (Warner: $26.95) A G-man needs the help of a psychiatrist to uncover who’s behind ambush that killed six of his men but mysteriously spared him.

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3 THE FIERY CROSS by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte Press: $27.95) The Fraser clan finds romance and adversity in pre-Revolutionary North Carolina in the latest in the “Outlander” series.

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4 PORTRAIT IN SEPIA by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins: $26) A young Chilean woman finds that photography helps reveal the mysteries and shadings in her family’s past.

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5 CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL by Glen David Gold (Hyperion: $24.95) A magician comes of age in the surly, seedy world of 1920s San Francisco and is tied to a U.S. president’s death.

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6 THE SIGMA PROTOCOL by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin’s: $27.95) A businessman and a beautiful secret agent pursue a shadowy, powerful cartel around the globe.

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7 THE KISS by Danielle Steel (Delacorte: $26.95) A stolen moment between two friends stuck in unhappy marriages unleashes a series of life-changing events.

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8 DESECRATION by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins (Tyndale House: $24.99) The antichrist takes the throne of a world government in the latest installment in the “Left Behind” series.

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9 SKIPPING CHRISTMAS by John Grisham (Doubleday: $19.95) Grisham takes a holiday from the legal thriller to poke some fun at the suburban yuletide ritual.

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10 BLOOD AND GOLD by Anne Rice (Alfred A. Knopf: $26.95) The autobiography of Marius, the mentor of Lestat, and his moral struggles during his 2,000 years as a vampire.

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11 ORCHID BLUES by Stuart Woods (Putnam: $24.95) A band of bank robbers gets personal when they kill someone dear to Florida police chief Holly Barker.

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12 PLAINCLOTHES NAKED by Jerry Stahl (William Morrow: $25) There’s hard-boiled inanity as an entire town wants to get its hands on a salacious photo of the president.

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13 STEEL TOES by Eddie Little (St. Martin’s: $23.95) A violent prison escapee lands in Boston, looking to add to his criminal resume by stealing a rare coin.

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14 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $25.95) Harry competes in the great Triwizard Tournament and is pursued by the sinister Lord Voldemort.

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15 HATESHIP, FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP, LOVESHIP, MARRIAGE by Alice Munro (Alfred A. Knopf: $24) Stories tracing the nuanced lives of women and their relationships.

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NONFICTION

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1 JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster: $35) The story of our second president, a man Thomas Jefferson called “the colossus of independence.”

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2 JACK by Jack Welch with John A. Byrne (Warner: $29.95) The life and times of a respected chief executive, from a Massachusetts childhood to his successful reinvention of General Electric.

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3 ISLAM by Karen Armstrong (The Modern Library: $19.95) A short history by the renowned scholar focuses on Islam’s political aspect as it grew from a desert tribe’s belief into a world religion.

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4 THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL by Stephen Hawking (Bantam: $35) The celebrated physicist offers up a simplified look at space, time and the origin of the cosmos.

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5 THE NO-SPIN ZONE by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway: $24.95) The Fox News commentator presents interviews with famous figures in his tough, no-holds-barred style.

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6 GERMS by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad (Simon & Schuster: $27) How biological warfare became a real threat despite a long history of bans and treaties.

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7 MADONNA by Andrew Morton (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The celebrity biographer’s take on the pop princess, replete with interviews from her inner circle.

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8 HOW I PLAY GOLF by Tiger Woods (Warner: $34.95) The links master explains his game in words and pictures, offering tips on the best ways to get from the tee to the cup.

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

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10 BEST-LOVED POEMS OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS Edited by Caroline Kennedy (Hyperion: $21.95) A selection of Jackie’s favorite verse, and some of her own, introduced by her daughter.

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11 THE FINAL DAYS by Barbara Olson (Regnery: $27.95) The Clintons’ last actions in the White House, from pardons to executive orders, with commentary from the late Olson.

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12 Q by Quincy Jones (Doubleday: $26) Autobiography of the music icon, from his teen years with Lionel Hampton to success with Michael Jackson and beyond.

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13 CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 1 by Neale Donald Walsch (Putnam: $23.95) One man’s deep questions and his chronicling of the answers that came to him.

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

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15 CROSSING OVER by John Edward (Jodere Group: $23.95) A memoir of the psychic’s upbringing and first hints of his abilities and his struggles with fame after starting a hit TV program.

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Paperbacks / Fiction

1 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $6.99) A boy discovers he is a wizard.

2 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon (Picador: $15) Cousins in the comics biz.

3 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic: $7.99) More mysterious encounters.

4 PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperPerennial: $14) Tapestry of love in Appalachia.

5 SHOPGIRL by Steve Martin (Theia: $10.95) Department store clerk Mirabelle meets an older man too good to be true.

6 CODE TO ZERO by Ken Follett (Signet: $7.99) A man struggles to recover erased memories of his link to U.S. space efforts.

7 THE CONSTANT GARDENER by John le Carre (Pocket: $7.99) A British diplomat uncovers multinational mischief in Kenya.

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

9 THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin: $12) The adventures of Bilbo Baggins in the world of Middle-Earth.

10 PROTECT AND DEFEND by Richard North Patterson (Ballantine: $7.99) A president has to name a chief justice.

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Paperbacks / NONFICTION

1 TALIBAN by Ahmed Rashid (Yale University Press: $14.95) The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Afghanistan.

2 BAND OF BROTHERS by Stephen Ambrose (Touchstone: $16) The elite World War II fighting force Easy Company.

3 JIHAD VS. McWORLD by Benjamin Barber (Ballantine: $12.95) Colliding ideologies and the new world order.

4 BLACK HAWK DOWN by Mark Bowden (Signet: $7.99) A gritty account of a disastrous 1993 military operation in Somalia.

5 ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $14.95) Wisecracking essays on life in Paris and elsewhere.

6 FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM by Thomas L. Friedman (Anchor: $15.95) A look at the Arab-Israeli conflict.

7 BLOWBACK by Chalmers Johnson (Owl Books: $15) Why America should reconsider its role in the world.

8 WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2002 (World Almanac Books: $11.95) 2001 and then some.

9 AFGHANISTAN IN A NUTSHELL by Amanda Roraback (Enisen Publishing: $4.95) Facts, figures and background.

1 0GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton: $15.95) A scientist’s take on how Europe rose to dominance.

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.