Los Angeles Times bestsellers
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| 1. | The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $26.99) A luckless attorney defends a studio executive accused of offing his wife and her lover. | 4 |
| 2. | The Gate House by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central: $27.99) A man and his ex-wife attempt to reconcile years after her affair with a mob boss. | 2 |
| 3. | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the Twilight saga finds Bella choosing immortality. | 14 |
| 4. | A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré (Scribner: $28) Turkish Muslims in Germany take in a homeless man who turns out to be a terrorist. | 4 |
| 5. | Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. | 17 |
| 6. | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle à la “Hamlet.” | 17 |
| 7. | Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn (Atria: $27.95) CIA operative Mitch Rapp attempts to foil a terrorist plot on American soil while in Afghanistan. | 2 |
| 8. | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. | 14 |
| 9. | Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf: $27.50) Eragon, along with his dragon Saphira, must unite the rebel forces to defeat King Galbatorix. | 7 |
| 10. | The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike (Knopf: $24.95) After years of traveling and remarriage, the witches return to where the mischief began. | 1 |
| 11. | Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown: $26.99) Two cops are ensnared in a divorce. | 9 |
| 12. | Bones by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) L.A. psychologist Alex Delaware investigates the murder of four women found in a nature sanctuary. | 1 |
| 13. | The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.95) A historical tale of the years in captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots. | 7 |
| 14. | The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central: $24.99) A former Marine searches for an unknown woman in a photograph. | 5 |
| 15. | The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) Alien invaders take over the minds of humans. | 19 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” | 16 |
| 2. | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. | 29 |
| 3. | Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $27.95) Solutions to overpopulation and the global-warming crisis. | 9 |
| 4. | Tried by War by James M. McPherson (Penguin Press: $35) An analysis of President Lincoln’s role as commander in chief. | 1 |
| 5. | Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central: $19.99) The impact a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons. | 6 |
| 6. | The Snowball by Alice Schroeder (Bantam: $35) The life and times of investor Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha.” | 5 |
| 7. | When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. | 21 |
| 8. | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway: $26) The Fox News commentator explores his childhood and its relevance on his life. | 6 |
| 9. | The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell ( Riverhead: $25.95) A profile of the Puritans who fought the early battle between church and state. | 3 |
| 10. | My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Penguin: $24.95) A brain scientist shares her journey of recovery and insight from loss of brain function. | 8 |
| 11. | Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett (Thomas Dunne: $23.95) The Eels frontman shares his tragedy-filled life. | 1 |
| 12. | Don’t Mind If I Do by George Hamilton (Touchstone: $26) The man with the perennial tan reflects on Hollywood. | 2 |
| 13. | John Lennon by Philip Norman (Ecco: $34.95) The author of the Beatles biography “Shout!” chronicles the life of the legendary singer and songwriter. | 1 |
| 14. | The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (Crown: $19.95) Living life on your own terms. | 14 |
| 15. | Fleeced by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Harper: $26.95) How the average American is being sold out. | 7 |
