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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 8 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Peony in Love by Lisa See (Random House: $23.95) A 17th 2 century Chinese girl who dies before she can marry tells her story from the netherworld. 3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon 11 (HarperCollins: $26.95) Murder mystery meets alternate history in an Alaska gone Yiddish. 4. The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 1 (Little, Brown: $27.99) A police detective whose husband cheated on her is caught in a terrifying web of revenge. 5. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 6 $22) A couple suddenly face a cruel reality on their wedding night. 6. The Overlook by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $21.99) 7 Harry Bosch is on the case after a physicist is found dead on a Mulholland Drive overlook. 7. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July 3 (Scribner: $23) Short stories explore seduction, romance and the search for acceptance. 8. Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins (St. Martin’s: 2 $24.95) Mafia princess Lucky Santangelo plans her dad’s 95th birthday amid chaos, sex and violence. 9. The Judas Strain by James Rollins (William Morrow: 1 $25.95) The members of the Sigma Force fight an ancient plague that takes the form of a cryptogram. 10. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s: 3 $27.95) Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is the prime suspect in her ex-husband’s alleged murder. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 29 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 2. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown (Doubleday: 5 $27.50) A dishy tale of the late Princess of Wales by the former editor of Tatler and Vanity Fair. 3. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 10 (HarperCollins: $24.95) How to tie knots, find true north, build treehouses and other vital skills. 4. God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve: 11 $24.99) The acerbic commentator argues that the world would be a better place without religion. 5. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Penguin: $25.95) 7 The former vice president laments the lack of reasoned political debate on vital national issues. 6. Mere Anarchy by Woody Allen (Random House: $21.95) A 4 collection of vintage Allen rantings and ravings, along with some new humor. 7. A Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein (Knopf: $27.95) 3 An in-depth portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the people who have influenced her. 8. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (Little, Brown: 2 $24.99) A Navy SEAL’s account of a deadly raid to capture an Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. 9. Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill (Nation Books: $26.95) 6 How a military contractor became a combat force providing security in Iraq for U.S. troops. 10. Einstein by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster: 14 $32) A portrait of the life and genius of Albert Einstein, whose curiosity changed physics forever. *--*