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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for June 28, 2009

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1.Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles.3
2.Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) The capture of a suspected suicide bomber on a N.Y. subway causes a chain of global events. 4
3.The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. 7
4.The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $27.99) A recently downsized reporter investigates a serial killer who uses his computer job to find his victims.3
5.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town.4
6.The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (Voice: $25.99) A graduate student delves into the Salem witch trials.1
7.Relentless by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $27) A bestselling novelist encounters a sociopathic book critic and dangerous consequences ensue.2
8.Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard (William Morrow: $26.99) An ex-bank robber is seduced by his former jail mate’s girlfriend and his fortune.4
9.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 49
10.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 46
11.Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon: $23.95) In the latest installment of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe is in need of her own investigative skills. 7
12.Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea(Little, Brown: $24.99) A young Mexican girl on a mission to bring men back to her village.1
13.My Father’s Tears by John Updike (Knopf: $25.95) The author’s 12th and last collection of short stories.1
14. Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley: $26.95) Anita Blake hunts down a vampire serial killer in Las Vegas.2
15.Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Scribner: $25) A young woman must decide whether to return to her lucrative life in 1950s New York or remain in Ireland. 3
Nonfiction
1.Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) An exploration of the background of high achievers.30
2.Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 13
3.Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad (Ecco: $25.99) The son of a daredevil tells of his life on the edge and how he survived a deadly plane crash.1
4.Excuses Begone by Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House: $24.95) Advice on achieving success and happiness by changing self-defeating habits.2
5.Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley (Twelve: $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.7
6.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.59
7.Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton (Scribner: $28) A unit of Special Forces soldiers pursues the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. 3
8.Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 20
9.Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano (Nation Books: $26.95) A history of the world told through tales of artists, writers and visionaries.3
10.A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway: $26) The Fox News commentator explores his childhood and its relevance to his later life. 14
11.Home Game by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton : $23.95) A father’s written record of ordinary life occurrences with his three children.1
12.I’m Down by Mishna Wolff (St. Martin’s: $23.95) A white girl’s tale of growing up a poor black neighborhood.1
13.The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life’s secrets, distilled. 112
14.Renegade by Richard Wolffe (Crown: $26) A behind-the-scenes look at Barack Obama’s life as a presidential candidate.1
15.Divine Soul Songs by Zhi Gang Sha (Atria: $26.95) Spiritual wisdom to transform your life.2
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