Los Angeles Times bestsellers
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| Fiction | weeks on list | |
| 1. | Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. | 18 |
| 2. | 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. | 5 |
| 3. | 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. | 3 |
| 4. | Divine Justice by David Baldacci (Grand Central: $27.99) A government assassin is hunted down after avenging his wife’s death. | 1 |
| 5. | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the Twilight saga finds Bella choosing immortality. | 15 |
| 6. | 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. | 15 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 8. | 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. | 5 |
| 9. | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle à la “Hamlet.” | 18 |
| 10. | Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam: $25.95) Lt. Eve Dallas hunts a killer poisoning religious figures. | 1 |
| 11. | The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike (Knopf: $24.95) After years of traveling and remarriage, the witches return to where the mischief began. | 2 |
| 12. | Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine: $26) A faerie princess, heir to the throne, finds herself pregnant and battling her enemies. | 1 |
| 13. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $24.95) A journalist explores the cold-case disappearance of a Swedish teen heiress. | 5 |
| 14. | The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.95) A historical tale of the years in captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots. | 8 |
| 15. | Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf: $27.50) Eragon, along with his dragon Saphira, must unite the rebel forces to defeat King Galbatorix. | 8 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | 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. | 30 |
| 2. | Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $27.95) Solutions to overpopulation and the global-warming crisis. | 10 |
| 3. | 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. | 7 |
| 4. | The Snowball by Alice Schroeder (Bantam: $35) The life and times of investor Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha.” | 6 |
| 5. | Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” | 17 |
| 6. | When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. | 22 |
| 7. | I Live Here by Mia Kirshner et al. (Pantheon: $29.95) The stories of refugees living in world crisis areas. | 1 |
| 8. | Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou (Metropolitan: $25) Stories and wisdom dedicated to the daughter the poet never had. | 2 |
| 9. | The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell ( Riverhead: $25.95) A profile of the Puritans who fought an early battle between church and state. | 4 |
| 10. | Influence by Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen (Razorbill: $35) The “Full House” twins’ account of their lives as actresses, designers and entrepreneurs. | 1 |
| 11. | The American Journey of Barack Obama by the editors of Life magazine (Little, Brown: $24.99) A biography and historical journey of the president-elect. | 1 |
| 12. | 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. | 7 |
| 13. | Force of Nature by Laird Hamilton (Rodale Books: $27.95) A peek inside the life of the big wave surfer. | 1 |
| 14. | Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange (Spiegel & Grau: $24.95) The actor, comedian and Howard Stern sidekick shares his life stories. | 1 |
| 15. | The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life’s secrets, distilled. | 93 |
