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Fiction

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 23 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 26 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: 25 $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle a la “Hamlet.” 4. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Knopf: $23.95) A slave girl is 8 sold by her mother in late-1600s America to give her a better life. 5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (Children’s 5 High Level Group: $12.99) A collection of five fairy tales inspired by the “Harry Potter” series. 6. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) 23 Aliens take over the minds of humans. 7. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: $27.95) Forensic 5 pathologist Kay Scarpetta travels to New York to examine a psychiatric patient at Bellevue. 8. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (Harper: $29.95) 8 A couple seek to reconstruct their lives after a tragic school shooting in Colorado. 9. Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam: $26.95) A task 2 force agent tracks down terrorists who murdered an American diplomat in Buenos Aires. 10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 23 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 8 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 36 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 3. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (Simon & 2 Schuster: $21) The actress and writer’s humorous confession to alcoholism, drug addiction and mental breakdowns. 4. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central: 15 $19.99) The impact that a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons. 5. The Return of Depression Economics by Paul Krugman 2 (W.W. Norton: $24.95) A look back to the past for the causes of the 2008 credit crisis. 6. Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange (Spiegel & Grau: 8 $24.95) The actor, comedian and Howard Stern sidekick shares his life stories. 7. Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, 24 Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” 8. American Lion by Jon Meacham (Random House: $30) 7 Andrew Jackson’s path to the White House. 9. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 93 Life’s secrets, distilled. 10. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris 25 (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. *--*

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

3. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates ($14.95)

4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz ($14)

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

Nonfiction

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

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

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

4. Marley & Me by John Grogan ($13.95)

5. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($7.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.