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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 13 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 4 (Scholastic: $34.99) Harry’s final quest to rout the forces of evil arrayed against him. 3. Spook Country by William Gibson (Putnam: $25.95) A 1 writer’s pursuit of a story about celebrity death scenes takes a cyber-turn for the worse. 4. The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (Simon & 4 Schuster: $26) The line between survival and criminality is blurred in post-Katrina New Orleans. 5. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon 16 (HarperCollins: $26.95) Murder mystery meets alternate history in an Alaska gone Yiddish. 6. The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman (William Morrow: 1 $25.95) When a commuter jet crashes into an apartment building, terrorism is suspected. 7. Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson 1 (Tor Books: $27.95) Humankind makes a last stand against the machine empire of Omnius. 8. The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva (Putnam: $25.95) 3 Israeli intelligence agent Gabriel Allon seeks a young woman kidnapped by terrorists. 9. The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 6 (Little, Brown: $27.99) A detective with a cheating husband is caught in a web of revenge. 10. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July 7 (Scribner: $23) Short stories explore seduction, romance and the search for acceptance. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 15 (HarperCollins: $24.95) How to tie knots, find true north, build treehouses and other vital skills. 2. Change Your Thoughts -- Change Your Life by Wayne W. 2 Dyer (Hay House: $26.95) Applying ancient Chinese wisdom to life in the modern world. 3. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 34 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 4. The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheed (Random 3 House: $29.95) A look at the songs of George Gershwin and other Tin Pan Alley legends. 5. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (Little, Brown: 7 $24.99) A Navy SEAL’s account of a deadly raid to capture an Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. 6. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve: 16 $24.99) The acerbic commentator argues that the world would be a better place without religion. 7. The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson and 1 John Lloyd (Harmony: $19.95) A new book for trivia buffs from the British TV writers. 8. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown (Doubleday: 10 $27.50) A dishy take on the late princess of Wales by the former editor of Tatler and Vanity Fair. 9. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (William Morrow: 1 $14.95) A musician looks back on her summer job at Tiffany’s and New York life in 1945. 10. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf: 49 $21.95) The author and screenwriter tries to reconcile herself to life among the post-bikini set. *--*