BESTSELLERS

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* SO. CAL. RATING Fiction 1 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin: $14) A father hides the birth of a twin from his wife.

2 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove: $14) A retired judge is caught up in Nepal’s independence movement.

3 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House: $13.95) Two women in 19th century China.

4 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco: $13) An Andalusian shepherd boy searches for treasure in Egypt.

5 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Back Bay: $15.99) A teenager hunts for the real story of Dracula.

6 The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin’s: $9.99) A man escapes a psychiatric warehouse for spies.

7 Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts (Jove: $7.99) Irish sorceress Hoyt and Demon Queen Lilith clash in their final battle.

8 The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage: $13.95) Adam Dalgliesh searches for the killer of an acclaimed novelist.

9 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund (Tor Books: $12.95) An ancient force is reawakened on planet Onyx.

10 The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square: $15) A Maine family unravels over allegations of rape.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction 1 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador: $14) A boy goes to live with his mother’s psychiatrist.

2 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner: $14) A memoir of breaking away from dysfunctional parents.

3 Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (TechPress/Warner: $16.95) Fiscal parenting.

4 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers: $14.95) The senator traces his mixed-raced heritage.

5 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $12.95) A code of conduct based on Toltec wisdom.

6 Night by Elie Wiesel (Hill & Wang: $9) A teenager’s harrowing year spent in four concentration camps.

7 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: $14) How to attain enlightenment by living in the now.

8 An Alphabetical Life by Wendy Werris (Carroll & Graf: $15.95) A memoir of ups and downs in the bookselling biz.

9 Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley with Ron Powers (Bantam: $7.99) The men in the iconic Iwo Jima photo.

10 The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger (Harper: $13.95) How to manage men.

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