Bestsellers

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*--* 1 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 14 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family, the killer and the detective who hunts him

2 Blessings by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $24.95) A 2 2 foundling left at a reclusive woman’s estate affects the matron and her handyman in ways neither could have imagined

3 From A Buick 8 by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) 13 2 Pennsylvania state troopers stumble into a haunted world in the interior of an abandoned vintage automobile

4 Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. 11 2 Anderson (Tor Books: $27.95) This prequel to the “Dune” series chronicles the war between humans and “thinking machines.”

5 Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early 7 8 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos

6 Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday: $24.95) A 3 2 newspaper reporter and real estate agent team up to rid the world of an African chant that kills all who hear it

7 Nights In Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks (Warner: $22.95) A 6 2 chance meeting on the North Carolina coast propels a man and woman into a short-lived affair that affects their lives for years

8 Summerland by Michael Chabon (Miramax Books: $22.95) A 15 2 trio of youth baseball players battle apocalypse in this children’s fantasy, the latest outing from the Pulitzer Prize-winner

9 Prague by Arthur Phillips (Random House: $24.95) Five -- 3 young seekers of love and experience move to central Europe after the Soviet Union’s collapse

10 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: -- 4 $26) A Greek family embraces the mid-century American dream, and a young girl takes a journey to manhood

11 Pasadena by David Ebershoff (Random House: $24.95) A -- 8 young woman is caught in a love triangle, and the fate of a Southern California ranch hangs in the balance

12 In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner (Pocket: $25) With the -- 1 help of their wise grandmother, two rival sisters try to fix their broken relationship and preserve family ties

13 Killjoy by Julie Garwood (Ballantine: $25.95) An FBI 5 2 crime analyst with a tortured past goes to a Colorado retreat with her aunt only to discover the future is just as perilous

14 The Crimson Petal And The White by Michel Faber 4 3 (Harcourt: $26) A novel of Dickensian scope that follows the lives of a prostitute, her lover and her lover’s wife in Victorian London

15 The Emperor Of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (Alfred A. -- 16 Knopf: $26.95) A professor is drawn into the underworld of Washington, D.C., by the secrets of his late father, a federal judge

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST

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*--* 1 Longitudes And Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 2 4 Straus & Giroux: $26) The New York Times foreign affairs columnist reflects on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

2 The Perricone Prescription by Nicholas Perricone 6 8 (HarperCollins: $27.50) A guide to aging that argues that good nutrition, not lotions, is the best treatment for your skin

3 Sandy Koufax by Jane Leavy (HarperCollins: $23.95) A 3 2 look at the career of the Dodger pitcher, arguably the game’s greatest southpaw, and the social mores he confronted

4 Abraham by Bruce Feiler (HarperCollins: $23.95) An -- 1 author travels the Middle East, creating a portrait of the biblical patriarch Abraham and his relations to Judaism, Islam and Christianity

5 Making A Literary Life by Carolyn See (Random House: -- 1 $23.95) The author of “The Handyman” and other novels offers practical, sometimes hilarious insights to would-be writers

6 The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje (Alfred A. Knopf: -- 1 $35) Insights into the invisible art of film editing with Walter Murch, who worked on “The Godfather,” “The English Patient.”

7 Let Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A 5 5 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberal ideas are undermining America’s war on terrorism

8 Self Matters by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: 11 36 $25) The self-improvement guru and television personality teaches readers to “create your life from the inside out.”

9 Let’s Roll by Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham (Tyndale 4 6 House: $24.99) The widow of a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11 tells her story of loss, faith and hope

10 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 9 131 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

11 How To Lose Friends And Alienate People by Toby Young 14 6 (Da Capo: $24) A journalist’s memoir presents an unflattering portrait of himself, the media and Manhattan’s social scene

12 The Lives Of The Muses by Francine Prose (HarperCollins: 13 2 $25.95) A study of the women who inspired such artists and writers as Sigmund Freud, Salvador Dali and John Lennon

13 Snobbery by Joseph Epstein (Houghton Mifflin: $25) A -- 7 meditation on the nature of pretentiousness and an attack on some of its most merciless practitioners

14 A Life God Rewards by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah: 1 2 $10.99) The author of “The Prayer of Jabez” ponders biblical writings on life in the hereafter

15 The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: -- 15 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present

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