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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) 1 Two crime solving brothers find themselves assigned to the same missing persons case. 2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 38 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 3. Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $27.95) Private eye 1 Myron Bolitar takes the case of a woman accused of murdering her ex. 4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 35 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 5. The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead: $25.95) A 1 former bad guy turned P.I. tries to redeem himself. 6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 11 (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. 7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 35 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 8. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) 33 Aliens take over the minds of humans. 9. The Women by T.C. Boyle (Viking: $27.95) Frank Lloyd 7 Wright’s life as told by four women who loved him. 10. The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A law 9 school grad’s dark secret is used to blackmail him into stealing files from a law firm. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 9 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 2. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold 2 Editions: $25) The talk-radio host’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 20 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 4. House of Cards by William D. Cohan (Doubleday: 3 $27.95) A narrative chronicling the fall of Bear Stearns and the Wall Street meltdown. 5. The Mirror Effect by Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young 1 (Harper: $26.99) The “Celebrity Rehab” host explores the media’s obsession with celebrity and how young people imitate this behavior. 6. How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin: $25) 5 Insight and understanding of human decision-making. 7. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday: $27.50) 5 Col. Percy Fawcett’s quest to find an ancient Amazonian society. 8. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 48 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 9. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre (Doubleday: $26.95) 9 Behind the scenes of what it really took to try to keep the Yankees on top of baseball. 10. A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke and John 2 Rendall (Broadway: $21.95) The relationship among two men and a lion adopted from Harrods and later set free in Africa. *--*

1. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)

2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

5. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ($19.99)

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Nonfiction

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

2. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

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

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

5. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.