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

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*--* 1 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 16 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family, the killer and the detective who hunts him

2 Blessings by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $24.95) A 2 3 foundling left at a reclusive woman’s estate affects the matron and her handyman in ways neither could have imagined

3 The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: -- 1 $26.95) Alex Delaware teams up with old pal Milo Sturgis to investigate a killing. See review by Eugen Weber, p. 13

4 From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) 3 3 Pennsylvania state troopers stumble into a haunted world in the interior of an abandoned vintage automobile

5 Nights in Roadanthe by Nicholas Sparks (Warner: $22.95) A 7 3 chance meeting on the North Carolina coast propels a man and woman into a short-lived affair that affects their lives for years

6 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros (Alfred A. Knopf: $24) In her -- 1 first novel since “The House on Mango Street,” Cisneros recounts the saga of the Reyes family in both Mexico and the United States

7 You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: -- 1 $22) A pair of friends take an around-the-world trip, handing out money to strangers

8 Destiny’s Way by Walter Jon Williams (Del Rey: $25.95) -- 1 “The New Jedi Order” series continues with the leaders of the New Republic fighting internal strife and the power of the Dark Side

9 The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus -- 31 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver

10 Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. 4 3 Anderson (Tor Books: $27.95) This prequel to the “Dune” series chronicles the war between humans and “thinking machines.”

11 Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early 5 9 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos

12 Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books: $24.95) A -- 1 recently divorced young mother relies on faith as she confronts her illusions about love and the secrets of her family’s past

13 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster (Henry Holt: $24) A -- 5 Vermont professor grieving for his family loses himself in a search for a silent-movie comedian who has vanished

14 War of Honor by David Weber (Baen Books: $26) The queen -- 1 of Manticore girds against advances by the Republic of Haven as Honor Harrington tries to keep the peace

15 Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday: $24.95) A 6 3 newspaper reporter and real estate agent team up to rid the world of an African chant that kills all who hear it

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

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*--* 1 Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 1 5 Straus & Giroux: $26) The New York Times foreign affairs columnist reflects on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

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

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

4 The Perricone Prescription by Nicholas Perricone 2 9 (HarperCollins: $27.50) A guide to aging that argues that good nutrition, not lotions, is the best treatment for your skin

5 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 10 132 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manger” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

6 Let Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A 7 6 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberal ideas are undermining America’s war on terrorism

7 Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How -- 12 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined workforce can propel a company to success

8 Slander by Ann Coulter (Crown: $25.95) The outspoken -- 14 political pundit takes on the media and explains how liberal bias is threatening to ruin the country

9 Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz (Henry Holt: $26) Horwitz -- 1 retraces the footsteps of the 18th century’s legendary Capt. James Cook , one of the world’s greatest navigators

10 The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje (Alfred A. Knopf: 6 2 $35) Insights into the invisible art of film editing with Walter Murch, who worked on “The Godfather” and “The English Patient.”

11 Abraham by Bruce Feiler (HarperCollins: $23.95) An 4 2 author travels the Middle East, creating a portrait of the biblical patriarch Abraham and his relations to Judaism, Islam and Christianity

12 Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way by Robin Gerber -- 1 (Prentice Hall: $24) Lessons from the life of the former first lady, whose values came into sharper focus when tested

13 All Girls by Karen Stabiner (Riverhead: $25.95) A year -- 3 in the lives of the students at two girls’ schools, a Los Angeles prep school and a public campus in Harlem

14 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: 15 16 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present

15 Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State -- 31 of the Nation by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the government and more

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