BESTSELLERS

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $24.99) 1 A depressed divorcee kills her mother, then tries to understand what drove her to it. 2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 23 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 3. World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton: $35) Four 2 children of the Pillars’ families struggle in 14th century England during the Black Death. 4. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (Doubleday: $21.95) A 4 down-on-his-luck pro quarterback finds refuge on a football team in Parma, Italy. 5. Run by Ann Patchett (Harper: $25.95) A widower faces 4 complications when one of his children is shadowed by the birth mother. 6. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin’s: 1 $24.95) A church group forces abstinence-only sex education on a high school. 7. Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown: $25.99) 3 Easy Rawlins, torn up at losing his longtime love, must track down two missing friends. 8. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (Knopf: $26.95) The 4 slow death of a Northeast factory town shapes the lives of its inhabitants. 9. You’ve Been Warned by James Patterson and Howard Roughan 6 (Little, Brown: $27.99) Trouble ensues when a nanny falls for her employer. 10. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central: $24.99) A 4 veterinarian determined to play the field falls hard for his next-door neighbor. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Clapton by Eric Clapton (Broadway: $26) The legendary 2 guitarist tells all about the blues, becoming a rock legend, his bouts with addiction and his loves. 2. I Am America (and so Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 3 (Grand Central: $26.99) “The Colbert Report” star expounds on the forces destroying America. 3. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 44 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 4. The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (Penguin: 5 $35) The enigmatic former Fed chief explains his economic actions, good and bad. 5. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (Knopf: $26) The medical 1 storyteller explores the link between music and its myriad effects on the human brain. 6. Come On People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint 1 (Thomas Nelson: $25.99) A prescription for people to move from victimhood to victory. 7. The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday: $27.95) The 5 New Yorker reporter and legal eagle details the inner workings and politics of the U.S. Supreme Court. 8. Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and in Life by 1 Donald J. Trump and Bill Zanker (HarperCollins: $26.95) Take-no-prisoners tips. 9. My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas 3 (HarperCollins: $26.95) The high court justice details his youth, early career and his confirmation battle. 10. Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor 6 (Harmony: $25.95) The iconic model who inspired George Harrison and Eric Clapton tells her story. *--*