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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Fiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST 1 Hollywood Station by 2 3 Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown: $24.99) Cops stationed in a Hollywood of meth tweakers and hustlers try to solve a jewelry heist and a security guard’s murder.

2 Next by Michael Crichton 1 2 (HarperCollins: $27.95) A cancer survivor, his daughter and grandson are the targets of unscrupulous genetic researchers determined to harvest disease-fighting cells for profit.

3 Hannibal Rising by Thomas -- 1 Harris (Delacorte Press: $27.95) Hannibal Lecter is rescued from a Soviet orphanage by his uncle, but the boy is haunted by demons.

4 For One More Day by Mitch 9 11 Albom (Hyperion: $21.95) An alcoholic tries suicide and encounters his mother’s ghost, who tells him about her life and sacrifices as a single parent.

5 Cross by James Patterson 8 4 (Little, Brown: $27.99) Alex Cross quits tracking down serial killers for the sake of his family life until given the chance to hunt for his late wife’s murderer.

6 The Boleyn Inheritance by -- 1 Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.95) Anne Boleyn’s scheming sister-in-law continues her intrigues as lady-in-waiting to two more of Henry VIII’s wives.

7 Treasure of Khan by Clive 3 2 and Dirk Cussler (Putnam: $27.95) Federal underwater troubleshooters tangle with a modern-day Mongol who wants to restore his nation’s power and pride.

8 The Shape Shifter by Tony 6 3 Hillerman (HarperCollins: $26.95) Joe Leaphorn is yanked from retirement to find a missing friend and revisit a long-ago murder tied to an ancient Navajo rug.

9 Nature Girl by Carl 7 4 Hiaasen (Knopf: $25.95) Screwball characters romp through this tale of chases, hostage-taking and revenge, all so the world will be safe from telemarketers.

10 Brother Odd by Dean Koontz 10 2 (Bantam: $27) A savant who sees the spirits of the dead must find out who is terrorizing a monastery in the Sierra Nevada that is home to severely troubled children.

11 Wild Fire by Nelson 5 5 DeMille (Warner Books: $26.99) A husband-wife duo tries to foil a right-wing plot to bomb two American cities, which would trigger a U.S. nuclear strike on the Middle East.

12 Against the Day by Thomas 3 3 Pynchon (Penguin: $35) Thirty years of the adventures of a crew of balloonists begins with a trip to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

13 The Emperor’s Children by -- 10 Claire Messud (Knopf: $25) Three college friends stumble on their paths to becoming shining lights in the East Coast constellation of cultural elites.

14 Ines of My Soul by Isabel 12 5 Allende (HarperCollins: $25.95) A young widow travels to colonial Peru, where she falls in love with a Spanish soldier, and together they battle to build a nation.

15 Echo Park by Michael 14 10 Connelly (Little, Brown: $26.99) LAPD Det. Harry Bosch wrestles with the haunting thought that his oversight in an old murder case allowed a serial killer to continue his spree.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST 1 The Audacity of Hope by 1 8 Barack Obama (Crown: $25) The U.S. senator from Illinois argues that his Democratic Party and the GOP must forgo partisanship to reclaim the American dream.

2 I Feel Bad About My Neck 2 19 by Nora Ephron (Knopf: $19.95) The screenwriter ruminates on the effects of gravity and menopause, and reconciling herself to life among the post-bikini set.

3 Palestine: Peace Not 3 3 Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster: $27) The former president writes that Palestinians must recognize Israel, and Israel must honor its peace commitments.

4 I Like You by Amy Sedaris 4 8 (Warner Books: $27.99) A guide to throwing the perfect party, with helpful hospitality hints and arch observations from the comic writer.

5 The Innocent Man by John 7 10 Grisham (Doubleday: $28.95) A true-crime tale about a former big league baseball player sent to death row for a murder he didn’t commit.

6 The God Delusion by 6 9 Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin: $27) The biologist criticizes religion for intolerance, rejecting scientific truth and threatening nonbelievers with eternal damnation.

7 Jim Cramer’s Mad Money by -- 1 James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster: $25) The basics of buying and selling stocks, assessing risk and creating a valuable portfolio.

8 Marley & Me by John Grogan -- 46 (William Morrow: $21.95) A columnist recalls how Marley, an incorrigible Labrador retriever, flunked obedience school, terrorized a pet sitter and won over his family.

9 Eat, Pray, Love by 9 22 Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking: $24.95) After deciding that marriage and motherhood aren’t for her, the author embarks on a journey of self-discovery in Italy, India and Indonesia.

10 Culture Warrior by Bill 5 11 O’Reilly (Broadway: $26) The Fox News TV host rails against “secular progressives,” billionaire Democrat George Soros, the ACLU and critics he dubs “smear merchants.”

11 A Photographer’s Life by -- 5 Annie Leibovitz (Random House: $75) A collection of 15 years of the celebrated photographer’s work, including intimate portraits of family and friends.

12 The Secret edited by 10 2 Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) The book promises the distillation of a life-transforming “secret” gathered from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy.

13 Point to Point Navigation 8 6 by Gore Vidal (Doubleday: $26) In a second volume of memoirs, the writer recalls childhood, his literary career, politics past and present and coping with his partner’s death.

14 Andy Grove by Richard -- 1 Tedlow (Portfolio: $29.95) How a Hungarian refugee became an engineer, joined Intel and rose to lead the pioneering microprocessor company.

15 The Shia Revival by Vali -- 1 Nasr (W.W. Norton: $25.95) This primer on the world’s second-largest Muslim sect argues that adherents of Shia Islam have gained strength in the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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