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1. The Gathering by Anne Enright ($14)

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A 4 billionaire enlists political help to kill a $41-million jury award over toxic waste dumping. 2. 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, 3 Brown: $27.99) Inspector Lindsay Boxer is on the trail of a murderous arsonist and a missing teen. 3. Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam: $25.95) Lt. Eve 1 Dallas investigates why a man found strangled didn’t struggle with his attacker. 4. Beautiful Children by Charles Bock (Random House: $25) A 4 comic book illustrator and his stripper wife search Las Vegas for their 12-year-old son. 5. Duma Key by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) A man takes up 5 painting as therapy, only to discover his canvases have an uncontrollable power over him. 6. Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline (Harper: $25.95) Her 1 client gone missing, a Philadelphia lawyer hides her connection to the woman’s abusive boyfriend. 7. The Reserve by Russell Banks (Harper: $24.95) Romance 2 among the elite and troubled in the Adirondacks of the 1930s. 8. L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton: $25.95) A 4 teacher doubles as a thief on L.A.’s mean streets. 9. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 41 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive Taliban tyranny. 10. His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Knopf: $24.95) A boy 2 born to radicals is spirited to an Australian commune. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: 8 $21.95) A look at dietary sacred cows. 2. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 61 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 3. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby 2 (Pantheon: $26) Our slide into anti-intellectualism. 4. Pictures at a Revolution by Mark Harris (Penguin 2 Press: $27.95) How the best picture nominees of 1968 exemplify the end of the studio era. 5. Send Yourself Roses by Kathleen Turner with Gloria 2 Feldt (Springboard Press: $24.99) The actress recounts her life and career. 6. Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg (Doubleday: $27.95) 1 Goldberg argues that modern liberalism’s roots are not far removed from fascism. 7. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra (Harmony: $24) 1 Chopra makes a case for a more mystical Christ. 8. Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto (Harper: $27.95) The 2 assassinated Pakistani leader’s thoughts on bridging Islamic and Western cultures. 9. I Am America by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central: 19 $26.99) “The Colbert Report” star expounds on the forces destroying the country. 10. Women & Money by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau: 9 $24.95) How to harness your finances, fix your credit and save for retirement. *--*

Fiction

2. Peony in Love by Lisa See ($14)

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

4. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult ($15)

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

-- Nonfiction

1. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

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

3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($14.95)

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

5. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.