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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 43 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 2. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall 2 Smith (Pantheon: $23.95) In the latest installment of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe finds herself in need of her own detection talents. 3. The 8th Confession by James Patterson (Little, Brown: 2 $27.99) The murders of a priest and high society couple test the limits of the Women’s Murder Club. 4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 40 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 16 (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. 6. First Family by David Baldacci (Grand Central: $27.99) A 3 child is kidnapped from a birthday party held at Camp David. 7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 40 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 8. The Women by T.C. Boyle (Viking: $27.95) Frank Lloyd 12 Wright’s life as told by four women who loved him. 9. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace: $25.95) Sookie 1 Stackhouse finds herself a pawn in a war with a race of unhuman beings. 10. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: 1 $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 14 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 2. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold 7 Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 25 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 4. Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion: 6 $25.99) The actor’s emotional and spiritual outlook in his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. 5. Columbine by Dave Cullen (Twelve: $26.99) A 4 journalist reconstructs the psychological journey of two teenage boys who became killers. 6. Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley (Twelve: 1 $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. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 53 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 8. The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham: $26) 1 Eleven childhood friends from Iowa maintain enduring friendships through the years. 9. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday: 7 $27.50) Col. Percy Fawcett’s quest to find an ancient Amazonian society. 10. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 108 Life’s secrets, distilled. *--*

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

2. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri ($15)

3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

4. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)

5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

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Nonfiction

1. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

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

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

4. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.