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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 34 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 37 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 3. Fool by Christopher Moore (William Morrow: $26.99) King 5 Lear’s jester sets out to save the kingdom. 4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 34 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 5. The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A law 8 school grad’s dark secret is used to blackmail him into stealing files from a N.Y. law firm, putting his life in danger. 6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 10 (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. 7. The Women by T.C. Boyle (Viking: $27.95) Frank Lloyd 6 Wright’s life as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him. 8. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Knopf: $26.95) A 2 twin brother’s journey from revolution in Ethiopia to a New York City hospital. 9. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $27.95) A 3 family is thrown into turmoil when they sue over their daughter’s medical condition. 10. Corsair by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (Putnam: 2 $27.95) The CIA sends pirate Juan Cabrillo to search for a missing U.S. official. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 19 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 8 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 3. House of Cards by William D. Cohan (Doubleday: 2 $27.95) A narrative chronicling the fall of Bear Stearns and the following calamity on Wall Street. 4. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday: 4 $27.50) British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett’s quest to find an ancient Amazonian society. 5. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre (Doubleday: $26.95) 8 Behind the scenes of what it really took to try to keep the Yankees on top. 6. A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke and John 1 Rendall (Broadway: $21.95) The relationship among two men and a pet lion adopted from Harrods and set free in Africa. 7. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 47 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 8. Rubies in the Orchard by Lynda Resnick with Francis 3 Wilkinson (Broadway Business: $24.95) A marketing guru shares her strategies. 9. A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr. (Random House: 5 $35) A biography of the 16th president, including analysis of his principal speeches and writings. 10. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 103 Life’s secrets, distilled. *--*

1. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ($19.99)

2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ($14)

3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

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

5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz ($14)

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Nonfiction

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

2. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

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

4 The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ($14.99)

5. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.