BESTSELLERS

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*--* 1 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 31 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family still learning to cope, the killer and the detective who hunts him

2 Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harcourt: $25) After a ship 2 10 disaster, a lone Indian man shares a raft with a Bengal tiger during a harrowing and hallucinatory trip

3 Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (Tor Books: 3 3 $29.95) The monumental “Wheel of Time” story continues, as armies on distant worlds rattle their swords

4 Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s: $27.95) 4 2 Separated twins grow up in very different circumstances and run against each other in the race for Connecticut governor

5 The Arraignment by Steve Martini (Putnam: $25.95) After 10 2 his good friend is killed, attorney Paul Madriani gets caught up in an intrigue surrounding an ancient Maya artifact

6 I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (Alfred 5 15 A. Knopf: $23) A darkly humorous tale of a woman juggling her high-powered career and family life

7 Prey by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins: $26.95) A foray 8 9 into the chilling world of nanotechnology as a programmer tries to stop a destructive swarm of tiny machines

8 You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: 9 15 $22) Two friends take an around-the-world trip, handing out money to strangers

9 Four Blind Mice by James Patterson (Little, Brown: 15 9 $27.95) Alex Cross helps a friend save the life of an old Army buddy, who’s been framed by a quartet of murderers for a killing spree

10 By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $26.95) 6 4 A pair of strangers is on the run from the enemies of a mad doctor who has injected them with a strange substance

11 Atonement by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $26) A 12 34 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II

12 Three Junes by Julia Glass (Pantheon: $25) In the -- 1 aftermath of the matriarch’s death, a Scottish family comes together on three vital summers to mark how they have changed

13 Let’s All Kill Constance by Ray Bradbury (HarperCollins: 7 3 $23.95) Noir is turned on its head in this tale of a struggling scribe out to help an aging screen legend who thinks she’s marked for death

14 Light in the Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam: $24.95) -- 2 An interior decorator hears dead people, and when she enters a local businessman’s house, the walls start screaming

15 Hollywood Tough by Stephen Cannell (St. Martin’s: $24.95) -- 1 An L.A. gumshoe and his attractive wife lay a trap for a mobster in Tinseltown, with help from the LAPD

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

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*--* 1 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: 2 24 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present

2 Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State 1 46 of the Nation by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more

3 Body-for-Life by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso 13 19 (HarperCollins: $26) A 12-week program of weightlifting and cardiovascular exercise along with nutrition and motivation tips

4 The Right Man by David Frum (Random House: $25.95) A 3 2 former presidential speechwriter writes about George W. Bush’s transformation from contested victor to confident leader

5 Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How 10 21 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined work force can propel a company to success

6 The Savage Nation by Michael Savage (WND Books: $24.99) 8 2 The confrontational radio show host is on a mission to save the nation from itself, railing against feminism and the lack of school prayer

7 Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington (Crown: $22) -- 1 Pundit/columnist Huffington takes aim at the effect of corporate and political greed on the nation

8 Los Angeles by A.M. Homes (National Geographic: $20) A 11 2 New York writer checks into the Chateau Marmont and sets out to discover what indeed makes the City of Angels tick

9 Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: 7 9 $27.95) The bestselling writer spent millions on forensic technology to hunt Jack the Ripper. (Reviewed by Eugen Weber, Page 11.)

10 Everyday Grace by Marianne Williamson (Riverhead Books: 9 8 $19.95) Finding the spiritual in everything from being stuck in traffic to a boardroom confrontation

11 Vivir Para Contarla by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Alfred A. -- 1 Knopf: $25) The first installment of the laureate’s memoir (“Living to Tell the Tale”), in Spanish, describes his early life in Colombia

12 Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) -- 142 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

13 Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson (Simon & Schuster: 5 2 $25) An unorthodox memoir from the gonzo journalist, who opines on matters personal and political

14 Bush at War by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster: $28) 6 9 Inside the White House since the 2001 attacks, as the Bush administration runs the war on terrorism and puts Iraq in its gun sights

15 Execution by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck 12 7 (Crown: $27.50) A recipe for managerial success, from former Honeywell executive Bossidy and business advisor Charan

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