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*--* 1 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 18 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family, the killer and the detective who hunts him

2 Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton (Putnam: $26.95) At the 3 2 end of their police careers, two men enlist the help of Kinsey Millhone to help solve an old murder

3 Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: -- 1 $25.95) A brilliant chemist is drawn into the search for a young missing prostitute, risking his life and reputation

4 Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books: $24.95) A 11 3 recently divorced young mother relies on faith as she confronts her illusions about love and the secrets of her family’s past

5 The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber -- 4 (Harcourt: $26) A Dickensian novel that follows the lives of a prostitute, her lover and her lover’s wife in Victorian London

6 Blessings by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $24.95) A 5 5 foundling left at a reclusive woman’s estate affects the matron and her handyman in ways neither could have imagined

7 You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: 4 3 $22) A pair of friends take an around-the-world trip, handing out money to strangers

8 I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (Alfred 7 2 A. Knopf: $23) A darkly humorous tale of a woman juggling her high-powered career and family life

9 Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early -- 10 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos

10 The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin’s: -- 1 $27.95) Covert operative and assassin Paul Janson is tapped to rescue a philanthropic billionaire from a terrorist known as the Caliph

11 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros (Alfred A. Knopf: $24) In her 12 3 first novel since “The House on Mango Street,” Cisneros recounts the saga of the Reyes family in both Mexico and the United States

12 Baudolino by Umberto Eco (Alfred A. Knopf: $24) A -- 1 trickster with a knack for telling fantastic tales dupes a 12th century emperor and journeys to the Far East in search of an earthly paradise

13 The Crush by Sandra Brown (Warner: $26.95) A grizzled 6 2 detective and a professional hitman share a love interest: a surgeon who may have secrets in her past

14 Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks (Warner: $22.95) A 10 5 chance meeting on the North Carolina coast propels a man and woman into a short-lived affair that affects their lives for years

15 Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. -- 4 Anderson (Tor Books: $27.95) This prequel to the “Dune” series chronicles the war between humans and “thinking machines.”

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST

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*--* 1 Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani (Miramax: $25.95) The 3 3 former New York City mayor recalls how life’s lessons helped him deal with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

2 Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 4 7 Straus & Giroux: $26) The New York Times foreign affairs columnist reflects on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

3 Sandy Koufax by Jane Leavy (HarperCollins: $23.95) A 1 5 look at the career of the Dodger pitcher, arguably the game’s greatest southpaw, and the social mores he confronted

4 My Losing Season by Pat Conroy (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: -- 1 $27.95) The sorrows of life with a bullying father and the consolations of playing basketball at a South Carolina military college

5 Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State 5 33 of the Nation by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the government and more

6 Get With the Program! by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster: -- 5 $24) Oprah’s personal trainer combines an exercise plan with a look at the emotional connection to eating

7 Abraham by Bruce Feiler (HarperCollins: $23.95) An 9 4 author travels the Middle East, creating a portrait of the biblical patriarch Abraham and his relations to Judaism, Islam and Christianity

8 Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz (Henry Holt: $26) A -- 2 writer retraces the voyages of the globe-trotting 18th century British explorer Capt. James Cook and considers Cook’s legacy to the world

9 Let Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A 6 8 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberal ideas are undermining America’s war on terrorism

10 Rich Dad’s Prophecy by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. 10 2 Lechter (Warner: $21.95) The authors predict a stock market crash and advise how to prepare for it

11 Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How 12 14 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined work force can propel a company to success

12 Secrets by Daniel Ellsberg (Viking: $29.95) A memoir of -- 1 Vietnam, the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and Ellsberg’s conversion from Cold War hawk to dove

13 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 7 134 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

14 Live From New York by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller 2 2 (Little, Brown: $25.95) A backstage recounting of the comic genius and egos of “Saturday Night Live.”

15 Motherhood & Hollywood by Patricia Heaton (Villard: 13 2 $22.95) Essays from the “Everybody Loves Raymond” star on marriage, child-rearing and success

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