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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two 3 sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles. 2. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) The capture 4 of a suspected suicide bomber on a N.Y. subway causes a chain of global events. 3. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: 7 $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. 4. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: 3 $27.99) A recently downsized reporter investigates a serial killer who uses his computer job to find his victims. 5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives 4 of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town. 6. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 1 (Voice: $25.99) A graduate student delves into the Salem witch trials. 7. Relentless by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $27) A bestselling 2 novelist encounters a sociopathic book critic with dangerous consequences. 8. Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard (William Morrow: $26.99) An 4 ex-bank robber is seduced by his former jail mate’s girlfriend and his fortune. 9. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 49 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 10. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 46 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 30 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold 13 Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 3. Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad (Ecco: $25.99) 1 The son of a daredevil tells of his life on the edge and how he survived a deadly plane crash. 4. Excuses Begone by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House: $24.95) 2 Advice on achieving success and happiness by changing self-defeating habits. 5. Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley (Twelve: 7 $24.99) The son of William F. and Patricia Buckley tells of life with the high-powered couple and how he coped with their deaths. 6. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 59 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 7. Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton (Scribner: $28) A unit 3 of Special Forces soldiers pursues the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. 8. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 20 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 9. Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano (Nation Books: $26.95) A 3 history of the world told through lesser-known tales of artists, writers and visionaries. 10. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly 14 (Broadway: $26) The Fox News commentator explores his childhood and its relevance to his later life. *--*

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14)

2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95)

3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

4. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult ($16)

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

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Nonfiction

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

2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris ($15.99)

3. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense by Glenn Beck ($11.99)

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

5. The Official SAT Study Guide by the College Board ($19.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

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