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1. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ($24.95)

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton: $35) Four 8 children who witness a murder jockey for power and position as adults in 14th century England. 2. Stone Cold by David Baldacci (Grand Central: $26.99) 4 Adventurers try to outmaneuver a swindled casino owner and a mysterious killer. 3. Double Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $27.99) 3 Alex Cross is called back to action when a flurry of murders causes terror in Washington, D.C. 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 29 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 5. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz (Bantam: 1 $27) A woman who runs a golden retriever rescue group is hiding a dark secret. 6. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (HarperCollins: $24.95) A 5 13th century demon child’s memoir about his battle with an angel in disguise. 7. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Knopf: $37) A new 1 translation of the epic tale of Russia before and after Napoleon’s invasion. 8. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (Doubleday: $21.95) A 7 down-on-his-luck pro quarterback finds refuge on a football team in Parma, Italy. 9. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (Ballantine Books: $23.95) 6 Scandal and tragedy haunt the intellectually driven lover of Frank Lloyd Wright. 10. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & 5 Giroux: $27) The saga of an undercover CIA agent, beginning with the Tet offensive in Vietnam. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (Scribner: $25) The 2 groundbreaking comedian reflects on his childhood and the evolution of his art. 2. I Am America (and so Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 9 (Grand Central: $26.99) “The Colbert Report” star expounds on the forces destroying America. 3. The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and 5 Miriam Peskowitz (HarperCollins: $24.95) A girls’ handbook of skills and must-have knowledge. 4. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 29 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Learn how to tie knots, find true north and other essential skills. 5. You: Staying Young by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. 5 Oz (Free Press: $26) Doctors explain how the body ages and how to counter those effects. 6. Good Dog. Stay by Anna Quindlen (Random House: 2 $14.95) The bittersweet recollections of life with Beau, Quindlen’s black Labrador retriever. 7. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (Knopf: $26) The medical 4 storyteller explores the link between music and its myriad effects on the human brain. 8. American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf: $26.95) 3 A look at the challenges facing the nation from the War of Independence to the Louisiana Purchase. 9. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 50 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 10. Boom! Voices of the Sixties by Tom Brokaw (Random 4 House: $28.95) Reflections on a decade of social change that swept America and its people. *--*

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2. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ($14.95)

3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)

4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($15)

5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

-- Nonfiction

1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)

2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ($15)

4. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ($13.95)

5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan ($16)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.