BESTSELLERS

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*--* 1 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $24.95) A 1 9 Louvre curator’s murder 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: 2 5 $21.95) A recent college grad puts up with a nightmare of a boss at a high-fashion magazine

3 Naked Prey by John Sandford (Putnam: $26.95) Lucas -- 1 Davenport delves into the deaths of a black man and a white woman found hanging from a tree in northern Minnesota

4 Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins (Bantam: $24) The 4 4 outlandish experiences of a family with the blood of a mischievous folkloric creature running through their veins

5 The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins: 3 2 $25.95) Somebody’s skimming tribe funds, an undercover agent’s body turns up, and Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn are on the case

6 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 8 48 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family still learning to cope, the killer and the detective who hunts him

7 No Second Chance by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $24.95) A 11 3 plastic surgeon searches for his kidnapped infant daughter after a shooting that leaves him wounded and his wife dead

8 The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton: $23.95) A -- 1 Los Angeles television producer tries to piece her life back together after a mystery man tells her of her husband’s affair

9 A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $26.95) 13 4 Alex Delaware pursues a killer through the City of Angels whose victims are various gifted artists murdered as they stage comebacks

10 Executive Power by Vince Flynn (Atria Books: $25) CIA 10 2 operative Mitch Rapp looks for an elusive mastermind with a plan for a Palestinian state that spells disaster for Israel and terrorists

11 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday: $26) In a 6 2 forbidding future world, a scientist has wiped out the evil human race and created a loving species to go forth and multiply

12 You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: -- 20 $22) A pair of friends take an around-the-world trip, handing out money to strangers

13 Persuader by Lee Child (Delacorte: $24.95) Ex-military -- 1 policeman Jack Reacher finds himself tied up in an FBI investigation and on the tail of an old nemesis

14 The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall -- 1 Smith (Pantheon: $19.95) The proprietor of Botswana’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency has a rival setting up shop

15 Burning Moon by Richard Barre (Capra Press: $25.95) A -- 1 fisherman is convinced that the disappearance of his son and his son’s pregnant girlfriend is tied to the Asian underworld

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

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*--* 1 An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek (Little, Brown: $30) -- 1 JFK’s health, politics and love life revealed through family papers and the insights of those close to him. (Reviewed by Jack Newfield, p. 4)

2 Leap of Faith by Queen Noor (Miramax Books: $25.95) The 1 9 life and times of a Princeton student who is courted by a Middle Eastern monarch and becomes Jordanian royalty

3 Krakatoa by Simon Winchester (HarperCollins: $25.95) The 2 4 cataclysmic eruption in 1883 of a volcanic island in Indonesia and its aftereffects, felt the world over

4 Atkins for Life by Robert C. Atkins (St. Martin’s: 10 17 $24.95) The late physician’s mission against low-fat diets argues that carbohydrates are the true culprits in weight gain

5 Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin: $23) -- 1 A look at the underground economy of pornography, drugs and migrant labor. (Reviewed by Emily Bazelon, p. 11)

6 The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan: 5 12 $19.99) How the principles of worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism lead to a fulfilled life

7 What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson (Random -- 16 House: $24.95) A look at 50 professionals, some successful, some not, and their thoughts on pursuing dreams through their careers

8 Moneyball by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton: 24.95) How -- 1 Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s use of statistics helped transform major league castoffs into a winning franchise

9 Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of 4 63 the Nation by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more

10 The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews (Thomas Nelson: -- 2 $19.99) An allegorical tale showing the importance of seeking wisdom and acting decisively in the effort to overcome life’s hardships

11 A Patriot’s Handbook edited by Caroline Kennedy 3 2 (Hyperion: $27.95) A personal selection of poetry and prose that celebrates the people, land and history of America

12 Positively Fifth Street by James McManus (Farrar, Straus 8 4 and Giroux: $26) Poet and novelist McManus gives an inside look at the color and characters inhabiting the 2000 World Series of Poker

13 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Crown: -- 11 $25.95) A chronicle of how a serial killer, posing as a charming doctor, haunted the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

14 Dereliction of Duty by Robert Patterson (Regnery: $27.95) -- 7 A onetime military aide to President Clinton faults the former commander in chief for failing to lead the country with dignity

15 Open by John Feinstein (Little, Brown: $25.95) The saga -- 1 of the first time that golf’s exclusive U.S. Open was held at a municipal course, New York’s Bethpage Black

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