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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 18 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 2. The Private Patient by P.D. James (Knopf: $25.95) A 2 murder investigation focuses on the staff of a plastic-surgery clinic. 3. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Knopf: $23.95) A slave girl is 3 sold by her mother in late 1600s America to give her a better life. 4. Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam: 1 $27.95) The U.S. and Canada are on the brink of war in this third joint Dirk Pitt novel. 5. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 21 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 18 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 7. Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $27) A 1 heart transplant recipient is stalked by a mysterious woman resembling the donor. 8. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: 8 $26.99) A luckless attorney defends a studio executive accused of offing his wife and her lover. 9. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (Harper: $29.95) 3 A couple seek to reconstruct their lives after a tragic school shooting in Colorado. 10. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: 20 $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle a la “Hamlet.” *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 3 An exploration of the background of high-achievers. 2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 33 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. 3. American Lion by Jon Meacham (Random House: $30) 3 Andrew Jackson’s path to the White House. 4. Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, 20 Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” 5. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central: 10 $19.99) The impact that a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons. 6. Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 13 Straus & Giroux: $27.95) Solutions to overpopulation and the global-warming crisis. 7. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: 2 $16.99) Comical tales of various holiday traditions. 8. Why We Suck by Denis Leary (Viking: $26.95) The 7 comedian’s biting social commentary on the state of the world. 9. Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz (Random 2 House: $40) The photographer dissects and explains the making of her favorite photos. 10. Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange (Spiegel & Grau: 4 $24.95) The actor, comedian and Howard Stern sidekick shares his life stories. *--*

*--* Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores. *--*