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*--* 1 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $24.95) A 2 15 Louvre curator’s killing leads to clues hidden in Leonardo’s paintings and a secret society with something to hide

2 The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Doubleday: 3 11 $21.95) A recent college grad puts up with a nightmare of a boss at a high-fashion magazine

3 Lake House by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $27.95) Six 4 4 children survive years of captivity and yearn to be with the couple who saved them in this sequel to “When the Wind Blows.”

4 White Death by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos (Putnam: 5 2 $26.95) After a showdown between a Danish ship and environmentalists, Kurt Austin discovers something sinister afloat

5 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark 12 2 Haddon (Doubleday: $22.95) An autistic teen investigating the murder of a neighbor’s dog discovers secrets about his mother

6 The Face by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $26.95) The geeky 8 5 10-year-old son of a movie superstar faces a sinister kidnapper and has only his bodyguards, both dead and alive, to protect him

7 The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst (Little, Brown: 6 3 $21.95) A man tries to teach the family dog to talk after realizing the canine is the only witness to his wife’s fatal fall from a tree

8 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 7 54 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family still learning to cope, the killer and the detective who hunts him

9 The King of Torts by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) The 11 19 case of a young man charged in a street killing turns out to be tied to a conspiracy involving a pharmaceutical giant

10 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: -- 7 $27) A Greek family embraces the mid-century American dream, and a young girl takes a journey to manhood

11 Dragon Bones by Lisa See (Random House: $24.95) Chinese -- 3 inspector Liu Hulan’s marriage is on the rocks as she probes suspicious deaths near the site of the building of the dam at Three Rivers Gorge

12 Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer (Simon & Schuster: 9 4 $23.95) A thirtysomething social climber is determined to have the wedding of the season; all she needs is a groom

13 Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell (William Morrow: 15 2 $24.95) A struggling artist discovers a series of long-ago murders depicted in paintings her grandfather had made

14 Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins (Bantam: $24) The -- 7 outlandish experiences of a family with the blood of a mischievous folkloric creature running through its veins

15 Isle of Palms by Dorothea Benton Frank (Berkley: $22.95) -- 1 A hot summer becomes a steamy one in a Southern town where secrets are revealed and new entanglements made

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

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*--* 1 Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & 1 4 Schuster: $28 ) The senator and former first lady’s memoirs, from her courtship with Bill Clinton to her rocky years in the White House

2 Treason by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum: $26.95) Conservative -- 1 pundit contends liberals have been on the wrong side of foreign policy issues since the Cold War . (Reviewed by Jacob Heilbrunn, p. 11)

3 Mr. S by George Jacobs and Bill Stadiem -- 2 HarperEntertainment: $24.95) Frank Sinatra’s valet gives a glimpse into the star’s private life and dishes on the Kennedys and Sam Giancana

4 Moneyball by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton: $24.95) How 2 7 Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s use of statistics helped transform major league castoffs into a winning franchise

5 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 6 5 (Broadway: $27.50) An entertaining guide to the great moments in the history of science, from the Big Bang to the present day

6 The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan: 4 18 $19.99) How the principles of worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism lead to a fulfilled life

7 Atkins for Life by Robert C. Atkins (St. Martin’s: 5 23 $24.95) The late physician’s mission against low-fat diets argues that carbohydrates are the true culprits in weight gain

8 The Essential 55 by Ron Clark (Hyperion: $19.95) Rules -- 1 devised by an award-winning teacher to promote successful learning, manners and accountability in the classroom

9 When Hollywood Had a King by Connie Bruck (Random House: 14 4 $29.95) The life and times of Hollywood power broker extraordinaire Lew Wasserman

10 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: 11 42 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present

11 An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek (Little, Brown: $30) 3 7 JFK’s health, politics and love life are revealed through family papers and the insights of those close to him

12 Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels (Random House: $24.95) How 8 3 early Christian fathers debated which texts should be considered authoritative and embraced the gospel of John over Thomas

13 Songbook by Nick Hornby (McSweeney’s: $26) Essays by the -- 2 author of the novels “About a Boy” and “High Fidelity” that riff on 31 of his all-time favorite songs

14 The Teammates by David Halberstam (Hyperion: $22.95) The 15 6 lives and lifelong friendships of four ballplayers from the legendary 1940s Boston Red Sox

15 Dharma Punx by Noah Levine (HarperSan -- Francisco: -- 1 $23.95) Memoirs of a former skate punk, drug addict and petty thief turned Buddhist meditation instructor

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