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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* SO. CAL. RATING Fiction 1 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin: $14) A father hides the birth of a twin from his wife.

2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage: $14.95) A Turkish poet returns from exile to find ideological strife.

3 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House: $13.95) Two women in 19th century China.

4 S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton (Berkley: $7.99) Kinsey Millhone unravels the secret of a woman’s disappearance.

5 The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Signet: $9.99) Knights Templar steal a museum artifact.

6 Limitations by Scott Turow (Picador: $13) An appellate judge feels conflicted about a sexual assault case.

7 Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage: $11.95) A man reflects on his loves.

8 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco: $13) An Andalusian shepherd boy searches for treasure in Egypt.

9 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove: $14) A retired judge is caught up in Nepal’s independence movement.

10 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: $14) A writer returns to Kabul to rescue the son of a childhood friend.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction 1 The Iraq Study Group Report by James A. Baker III, Lee H. Hamilton et al (Vintage: $10.95) On the situation in Iraq.

2 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner: $14) A memoir of breaking away from dysfunctional parents.

3 Bad President by R.D. Rosen et al. (Workman: $8.95) Jokes and photos about President Bush.

4 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $12.95) A code of conduct based on Toltec wisdom.

5 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers: $14.95) The senator traces his mixed-raced heritage.

6 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador: $14) A boy goes to live with his mother’s psychiatrist.

7 Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Back Bay: $8.99) The humorist recalls Christmas holiday memories.

8 The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Harvest: $14) A trek across post-Taliban Afghanistan.

9 The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2007 (World Almanac Books: $12.99)

10 Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (TechPress / Warner: $16.95) Fiscal parenting.

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