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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: 3 $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. 2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 42 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 3. Wicked Prey by John Sandford (Putnam: $27.95) Criminals 2 with a grudge crash the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. 4. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 2 (Grand Central: $26.99) Special Agent Pendergast returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. 5. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Scribner: $25) A young woman 1 must decide whether to return to her life in 1950s New York or remain in Ireland. 6. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall 4 Smith (Pantheon: $23.95) At the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe is in need of her own investigation skills. 7. First Family by David Baldacci (Grand Central: $27.99) A 5 child is kidnapped from a birthday party held at Camp David. 8. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 45 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 9. Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard (William Morrow: $26.99) An 1 ex-bank robber is seduced by his former jail mate’s girlfriend and his fortune. 10. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace: $25.95) Sookie 3 Stackhouse finds herself a pawn in a war with a race of unhuman beings. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 27 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold 9 Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 3. Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway: $22.95) 2 The wife of the former presidential candidate reflects on facing life’s adversities. 4. Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl (Penguin 2 Press: $19.95) The food journalist relates the trials of a woman she comes to find she never really knew. 5. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 16 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 6. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 109 Life’s secrets, distilled. 7. Stories From Candyland by Candy Spelling (St. 2 Martin’s: $25.95) The transformation of a quiet, insecure girl into the trophy wife of TV producer Aaron Spelling. 8. The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham: $26) 3 Eleven childhood friends from Iowa maintain enduring friendships throughout the years. 9. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 55 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 10. Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion: 8 $25.99) The actor’s emotional and spiritual outlook in his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. *--*

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

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

3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

4. City of Thieves by David Benioff ($15)

5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ($16)

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Nonfiction

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

2. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens ($14.99)

3. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

4. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

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

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.