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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 39 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 2. Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $27.95) Private eye 2 Myron Bolitar takes the case of a woman accused of murdering her ex. 3. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 36 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 36 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 5. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) 34 Aliens take over the minds of humans. 6. The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead: $25.95) A 2 former bad guy turned P.I. tries to redeem himself. 7. True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) 2 Two crime-solving brothers find themselves working the same missing-persons case. 8. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Roc: $25.95) A wizard 1 detective must uncover a traitor to clear an acquaintance from his youth of murder. 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 12 (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. 10. The Women by T.C. Boyle (Viking: $27.95) Frank Lloyd 8 Wright’s life as told by four women who loved him. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 21 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 10 (Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. 3. Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion: 2 $25.99) The actor’s emotional and spiritual outlook in his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. 4. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold 3 Editions: $25) The talk-radio host’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. 5. House of Cards by William D. Cohan (Doubleday: 4 $27.95) A narrative chronicling the fall of Bear Stearns and the Wall Street meltdown. 6. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday: 5 $27.50) Col. Percy Fawcett’s quest to find an ancient Amazonian society. 7. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre (Doubleday: $26.95) 10 Behind the scenes of what it really took to keep the Yankees on top. 8. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 105 Life’s secrets, distilled. 9. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 49 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 10. A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr. (Random House: 6 $35) A biography of the 16th president, including analysis of his principal speeches and writings. *--*

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

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

4. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95)

5. City of Thieves by David Benioff ($15)

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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. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut ($15)

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

5. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.