FictionPRIMARY COLORS by Anonymous. (Random House: $24.)...

Fiction

PRIMARY COLORS by Anonymous. (Random House: $24.) A fictionalized account of the 1992 Democratic primaries by a political insider.(1)*. Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 9

IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY by Elizabeth George. (Bantam: $23.95.) A journalist and a fast-climbing politico face the kidnappers of their love child.(2). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace. (Little, Brown & Co.: $29.95.) Obsessed consumers populate this satire of the near future.. Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 10; Week on List: 7

THE HORSE WHISPERER by Nicholas Evans. (Delacorte Press: $23.95.) (3)*. Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 27

SPRING COLLECTION by Judith Krantz. (Crown: $24.) Swiss billionaire tries to reconcile with daughter during a highly-charged Parisian fashion competition.. Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

THE POET by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown and Company: $22.95.) A crime reporter tracks a murderer who has outwitted law enforcement’s best investigators.*. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 8

WHITE RABBIT by Kate Phillips. (Houghton Mifflin: $19.95.) A feisty octogenarian’s last day on earth.. Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: 6; Week on List: 6

ATTICUS by Ron Hansen. (Harper Collins: $22.) A father goes to Mexico to retrieve the body of his prodigal son.*. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: 8; Week on List: 6

THE MOOR’S LAST SIGH by Salman Rushdie. (Pantheon: $25.) The rise and fall of a Portuguese family in India through four generations.*. Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: 7; Week on List: 9

IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES by John Updike. (Knopf: $25.95.) The life choices of a 20th century American family as it wrestles with religious faith.(10). Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: 9; Week on List: 10

Nonfiction

IN CONTEMPT by Christopher Darden with Jess Walter. (HarperCollins/ReganBooks: $26.)A life well-acquainted with racism and civil rights. . .and then came the Simpson trial.. Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

BLOOD SPORT: The Truth Behind the Scandals in the Clinton White House by James B. Stewart. (Simon & Schuster: $25.)How the Clintons have compounded bad business decisions with bad public explanations.(1). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: 2; Week on List: 2

THE ZONE by Barry Sears with Bill Lawren. (HarperCollins/ReganBooks: $22.) An energy-building plan focusing on burning body fat.(7). Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 3

ENTER WHINING by Fran Drescher. (Regan Books/HarperCollins: $22.) Life with a Bronx accent and attitude by the star of “The Nanny.”. Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 2

YOU’LL NEVER MAKE LOVE IN THIS TOWN AGAIN by Robin, Liza, Linda and Tiffany. (Dove Books: $22.95.) The used, and their users, in Tinsel Town.(14). Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: 5; Week on List: 9

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS by Deepak Chopra. (Amber-Allen Publishing: $12.95.)(4)*. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 50

UNDAUNTED COURAGE: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose. (Simon & Schuster: $30.)(11). Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: 9; Week on List: 3

SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach. (Warner: $17.95.) A collection of meditations to take women through a year of self-discovery, one day at a time.. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

MEN ARE FROM MARS: Women Are From Venus by John Gray, PhD. (HarperCollins: $23.)(2)*. Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: 8; Week on List: 107

THE WAY OF THE WIZARD: 20 Lessons for Living a Magical Life by Deepak Chopra. (Crown/Harmony: $15.)(5)*. Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: 4; Week on List: 12

Paperbacks: FICTION

1. GOOSEBUMPS #42: EGG MONSTER FROM MARS by R.L. Stine. (Scholastic: $3.99.)

2. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson. (Vintage: $12.)*

3. MOO by Jane Smiley. (Ballantine: $12.)

4. SOPHIE’S WORLD: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder. (Berkley: $6.99.)

5. THE GLASS LAKE by Maeve Binchy. (Dell: $7.50.)*

Paperbacks: NONFICTION

1. WE’RE RIGHT, THEY’RE WRONG: A Progressive Program by James Carville. (Random: $10.)

2. ZAGAT SURVEY LOS ANGELES MARKETPLACE edited by Merrill Shindler and Karen Berk. (Zagat Survey: $10.95.)

3. THERE’S TREASURE EVERYWHERE: A Calvin & Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson. (Andrews & McMeel: $12.95.)

4. THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron. (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam: $13.95.)*

5. NO ORDINARY TIME by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster: $16.)

* denotes books available in audio.