Los Angeles Times 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 -- 1 foundling left at a reclusive woman’s estate affects the matron and her handyman in ways neither could have imagined 3 LULLABY by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday: $24.95) A -- 1 newspaper reporter and real estate agent team up to rid the world of an African chant that kills all who hear it 4 THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE by Michel Faber 7 2 (Harcourt: $26) A novel of Dickensian scope that follows the lives of a prostitute, her lover and her lover’s wife in Victorian London 5 KILLJOY by Julie Garwood (Ballantine: $25.95) An FBI -- 1 crime analyst with a tortured past goes to a Colorado retreat with her aunt only to discover the future is just as perilous 6 NIGHTS IN RODANTHE by Nicholas Sparks (Warner: $22.95) A -- 1 chance meeting on the North Carolina coast propels a man and woman into a short-lived affair that affects their lives for years 7 RED RABBIT by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early 2 7 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos 8 SHRINK RAP by Robert B. Parker (Putnam: $24.95) Boston -- 1 private eye Sunny Randall takes a gig as a bodyguard for a romance writer who is being stalked by her philandering ex-husband 9 DARK HORSE by Tami Hoag (Bantam: $26.95) A former cop 12 4 retreats to a Florida ranch, where she finds skulduggery and scheming in the equestrian world 10 THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason (Alfred A. Knopf: $24) A -- 1 London piano tuner sent to the Burmese jungle finds a mysterious British officer who runs an unorthodox compound 11 DUNE: THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. -- 1 Anderson (Tor Books: $27.95) This prequel to the “Dune” series chronicles the war between humans and “thinking machines.” 12 THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 4 30 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver 13 FROM A BUICK 8 by Stephen King (Scribner: $28) -- 1 Pennsylvania state troopers stumble into a haunted world in the interior of an abandoned vintage automobile 14 ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday: $26) A 9 29 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II 15 SUMMERLAND by Michael Chabon (Miramax Books: $22.95) A -- 1 trio of youth baseball players battle apocalypse in this children’s fantasy, the latest outing from the Pulitzer Prize winner

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*--* 1 A LIFE GOD REWARDS by Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah: -- 1 $10.99) The author of “The Prayer of Jabez” ponders biblical writings on life in the hereafter 2 LONGITUDES AND ATTITUDES by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 1 3 Straus & Giroux: $26) The New York Times foreign affairs columnist reflects on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath 3 SANDY KOUFAX by Jane Leavy (HarperCollins: $23.95) A -- 1 look at the career of the Dodger pitcher, arguably the game’s greatest southpaw, and the social mores he confronted 4 LET’S ROLL by Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham (Tyndale 7 5 House: $24.99) The widow of a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11 tells her story of loss, faith and hope 5 LET FREEDOM RING by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A 4 4 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberal ideas are undermining America’s war on terrorism 6 THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION by Nicholas Perricone 2 7 (HarperCollins: $27.50) A guide to aging that argues that good nutrition, not lotions, is the best treatment for your skin 7 GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How -- 11 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined workforce can propel a company to success 8 THE HAPPIEST BABY ON THE BLOCK by Harvey Karp (Bantam: -- 2 $21.95) A pediatrician lays out his methods for soothing babies and helping them to stop crying 9 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 12 130 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change 10 NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE by Christopher Reeve (Random -- 1 House: $19.95) The actor and activist ponders why it is so difficult for people to conquer self-doubt 11 SELF MATTERS by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: -- 35 $25) The self-improvement guru and television personality teaches readers to “create your life from the inside out.” 12 A MIND AT A TIME by Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster: $26) A 8 13 pediatrics professor argues that schools need to teach children based on their individual learning styles 13 THE LIVES OF THE MUSES by Francine Prose (HarperCollins: -- 1 $25.95) A study of the women who inspired such artists and writers as Sigmund Freud, Salvador Dali and John Lennon 14 HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE by Toby Young -- 5 (Da Capo: $24) A journalist’s memoir presents an unflattering portrait of himself, the media and Manhattan’s social scene 15 SLANDER by Ann Coulter (Crown: $25.95) A political 14 13 pundit takes on the media and explains how liberal bias is threatening to ruin the country

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