Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

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*--* 1 THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 11 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family, the killer and the detective who hunts him 2 RED RABBIT by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early 2 4 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos 3 THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 3 27 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver 4 THE GRAVE MAURICE by Martha Grimes (Viking: $25.95) -- 1 Scotland Yard’s Richard Jury looks for an abducted girl and a thoroughbred horse, and uncovers medical schemes and fraud 5 ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday: $26) A 6 26 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II 6 THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS by Paul Auster (Henry Holt: $24) A 14 2 Vermont professor grieving for his family loses himself in a search for a silent-movie comedian who has vanished 7 THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen L. Carter (Alfred A. 5 13 Knopf: $26.95) A professor is drawn into the underworld of Washington, D.C., by the secrets of his late father, a federal judge 8 BLOOD OF VICTORY by Alan Furst (Random House: $24.95) A -- 1 motley group of saboteurs foils the Nazi war machine’s access to Romanian oil. Reviewed by Eugen Weber, Page 12 9 PASADENA by David Ebershoff (Random House: $24.95) A 4 6 young woman is caught in a love triangle, and the fate of a Southern California ranch hangs in the balance 10 SHADOW PUPPETS by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books: $25.95) 13 2 The Battle Field children continue their fight against evil forces scheming toward world domination 11 YOU ARE NOT A STRANGER HERE by Adam Haslett (Doubleday: -- 3 $21.95) A story collection exploring the complex relations between mental illness and the doctors who seek a cure 12 DARK HORSE by Tami Hoag (Bantam: $26.95) A former cop -- 1 retreats to a Florida ranch, where she finds skulduggery and scheming in the equestrian world 13 MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: -- 1 $26) A Greek family embraces the mid-century American dream, and a young girl takes a journey to manhood 14 THE BEACH HOUSE by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge 10 12 (Little, Brown: $26.95) A law student seeks his own justice after his brother’s body is found outside a Long Island manse 15 STONE KISS by Faye Kellerman (Warner: $25.95) Police 8 6 detective Peter Decker uncovers ugly family secrets after his half-brother winds up dead in a seedy New York hotel

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*--* 1 THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION by Nicholas Perricone 1 4 (HarperCollins: $27.50) A guide to aging that argues that good nutrition, not lotions, is the best treatment for your skin 2 LET FREEDOM RING by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A -- 1 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberals, more than terrorists, threaten American values 3 A MIND AT A TIME by Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster: $26) A 9 10 pediatrics professor argues that schools need to teach children based on their individual learning styles 4 THE SEXUAL LIFE OF CATHERINE M. by Catherine Millet -- 10 (Grove Press: $23) A French art critic with a gifted superego looks back on 30 years of indulging her id 5 STUPID WHITE MEN AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR THE STATE 8 28 OF THE NATION by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the government and more 6 NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY by Janice Dickinson (ReganBooks: 7 2 $24.95) The 1970s supermodel recalls a heady runway life filled with sex and drugs and her rehab and recovery 7 SLANDER by Ann Coulter (Crown: $25.95) A political 3 10 pundit takes on the media and explains how liberal bias is threatening to ruin the country 8 SELF MATTERS by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: 10 33 $25) A self-improvement guru and “Oprah” regular teaches readers how to “create your life from the inside out.” 9 LET’S ROLL by Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham (Tyndale 5 2 House: $24.99) The widow of a passenger aboard United Flight 93 on Sept. 11 tells her story of loss, faith and hope 10 RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs (St. -- 2 Martin’s: $23.95) The disturbing childhood of a boy shipped off to live with his mother’s psychiatrist 11 SNOBBERY by Joseph Epstein (Houghton Mifflin: $25) A 2 5 meditation on the nature of pretentiousness and an attack on some of its most merciless practitioners 12 SACRED CONTRACTS by Caroline Myss (Harmony: $25) Lessons 4 12 in decoding symbols, myths, intuition and coincidences to understand your purpose in life 13 ALL GIRLS by Karen Stabiner (Riverhead: $25.95) A year -- 1 in the lives of students at two girls’ schools, one in Southern California, the other in Harlem 14 THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME by Marlo Thomas 14 17 (Pocket Books: $25) The actress and author is joined by a host of luminaries sharing words of wisdom they’ve found useful 15 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 6 127 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

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