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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 21 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Run by Ann Patchett (Harper: $25.95) A widower faces 2 complications when one of his children is shadowed by the birth mother. 3. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (Doubleday: $21.95) A 2 hack pro quarterback finds refuge on a football team in Parma, Italy. 4. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin: $26) Nathan 3 Zuckerman finds everything changed in post-9/11 New York City, his solitude challenged. 5. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf: 2 $26.95) A dying Northeast factory town weighs on the lives of its inhabitants. 6. Away by Amy Bloom (Random House: $23.95) A survivor of a 5 Russian pogrom arrives in New York in 1924 and soon begins a search for her lost daughter. 7. You’ve Been Warned by James Patterson and Howard Roughan 4 (Little, Brown: $27.99) Trouble ensues when a nanny falls for her employer. 8. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central: $24.99) A 2 veterinarian determined to play the field falls hard for his next-door neighbor. 9. Caspian Rain by Gina B. Nahai (MacAdam Cage: $25) Class, 2 faith and tradition clash in this tale of love in pre-revolution Tehran. 10. Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown: $25.99) 1 Easy Rawlins, torn up at losing his longtime love, must track down two missing friends. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (Penguin: 3 $35) The enigmatic former Fed chief explains and rates his economic actions, good and bad. 2. The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday: $27.95) The 3 New Yorker reporter and legal eagle details the inner workings and politics of the U.S. Supreme Court. 3. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (W.W. Norton: 5 $24.95) How the Warsaw Zoo director and his wife tried to shelter Polish Jews during World War II. 4. The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam (Hyperion: 2 $35) The late author charts the miscalculations that led to the Korean War and today’s stalemate. 5. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 22 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Learn how to tie knots, find true north and other essential skills. 6. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 42 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 7. The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt: $35) 1 How U.S. soldiers became a formidable force fighting in Sicily and Italy during World War II. 8. Giving by Bill Clinton (Knopf: $24.95) The former 5 president and now foundation head describes how giving our money and time can change the world. 9. My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas 1 (HarperCollins: $26.95) The high court justice details his youth, early career and the battle for confirmation. 10. Women Who Light the Dark by Paola Gianturco 1 (PowerHouse: $45) The photojournalist shows how women around the world work together. *--*