Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

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*--* 1 THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 1 13 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver 2 ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $26) A 3 12 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II 3 THE SHELTERS OF STONE by Jean M. Auel (Crown: $28.95) 2 5 Cavewoman Ayla has to negotiate warring tribes and win over her beloved’s family in the latest “Earth’s Children” installment 4 CITY OF BONES by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $25.95) 4 6 Detective Harry Bosch is after the truth behind the 20-year-old murder of a child whose bones are discovered in Laurel Canyon 5 EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer 10 6 (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A comic novel about a man’s search for his family’s past in Ukraine and the history of a forgotten shtetl 6 THE WAILING WIND by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins: 6 3 $25.95) A body found in a parked car helps Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee solve an old case 7 COURTING TROUBLE by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins: 15 2 $25.95) The newest member of an all-female Philadelphia law firm plays dead to smoke out the man who’s after her 8 DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon and 7 6 Schuster: $26) A journalist struggles to keep her sister’s killer in prison despite his wealthy and influential family 9 MORTAL PREY by John Sandford (Putnam: $26.95) Minneapolis 8 2 cop Lucas Davenport is headed for the altar, but first he has to stop the killing spree of his nemesis 10 ATTACK OF THE CLONES by R.A. Salvatore (Del Rey: $26) In 5 5 this “Star Wars” installment, Anakin Skywalker is an unruly Jedi disciple who falls in love with a beautiful diplomat 11 SIN KILLER by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster: $25) The 13 2 aristocratic Berrybender family abandons English comfort to explore the Missouri River frontier of the 1830s 12 A THOUSAND COUNTRY ROADS by Robert James Waller (John M. 9 4 Hardy: $19.95) In this epilogue to “The Bridges of Madison County,” we learn what happened to the two lovers after their affair 13 THE SUMMONS by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A man 11 16 discovers $3 million in his dead father’s house and hides it from his prodigal brother and a mysterious extortioner 14 BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Daj Siije -- 17 (Alfred A. Knopf: $18) Two Chinese youths use classic Western literature to free their minds in the face of communist re-education 15 UNLESS by Carol Shields (Fourth Estate: $24.95) After her -- 2 daughter drops out of college to sit on a street corner, a writer questions her long-held beliefs and assumptions

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*--* 1 THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME by Marlo Thomas 2 4 (Pocket Books: $25) The actress and author is joined by a host of luminaries sharing words of wisdom they’ve found useful 2 STUPID WHITE MEN ... AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR THE 1 14 STATE OF THE NATION by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more 3 THE HEALTHY KITCHEN by Andrew Weil and Rosie Daley 9 4 (Alfred A. Knopf: $24.95) Navigating around fatty, unhealthful foods to follow an ideal, appetizing diet plan in your own home 4 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 8 113 The co-author of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change 5 A MIND AT A TIME by Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster: $26) A -- 6 pediatrics professor argues that schools need to teach children based on their individual learning styles 6 WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY by Kevin Phillips (Broadway Books: 14 2 $29.95) A look at the ways capitalists embrace government influence when they can use it to their advantage 7 AMERICAN SON by Richard Blow (Henry Holt: $25) The ups 3 3 and downs of starting a magazine and being John F. Kennedy Jr., by one of his colleagues at George 8 ODD GIRL OUT by Rachel Simmons (Harcourt: $25) A look at 5 5 the culture of hidden aggression the author says develops when girls are socialized to avoid conflict and anger 9 THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE by Christiane Northrup (Bantam: 7 14 $27.95) A physician describes symptoms and treatments for menopause 10 FIND ME by Rosie O’Donnell (Warner: $23.95) The 13 5 talk-show host writes about how helping a pregnant young girl led to her decision to end her daily television show 11 SELF MATTERS by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: 6 19 $25) A self-improvement guru and “Oprah” regular teaches readers how to “create your life from the inside out.” 12 MASTER OF THE SENATE by Robert A. Caro (Alfred A. Knopf: 4 5 $35) How LBJ awakened a moribund Senate through civil rights reform and set his sights on the White House 13 SHOOT OUT by Peter Bart and Peter Guber (Putnam: $26.95) -- 1 Two Hollywood veterans describe the clash of egos, artistic vision and economics that go into the making of movies 14 WHAT WENT WRONG by Bernard Lewis (Oxford University: 10 13 $23) An esteemed historian describes the Islamic Middle East’s fall from enlightenment into repression and tyranny 15 BODY-FOR-LIFE by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso 15 7 (HarperCollins: $26) A 12-week program of weightlifting and cardiovascular exercise, along with nutrition and motivation tips

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