BESTSELLERS

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*--* 1 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 32 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family still learning to cope, the killer and the detective who hunts him

2 Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harcourt: $25) After a ship 2 11 disaster, a lone Indian man shares a raft with a Bengal tiger during a harrowing and hallucinatory trip

3 Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s: $27.95) 4 3 Separated twins grow up in very different circumstances and run against each other in the race for Connecticut governor

4 Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (Tor Books: 3 4 $29.95) The monumental “Wheel of Time” story continues, as armies on distant worlds rattle their swords

5 I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (Alfred 6 16 A. Knopf: $23) A darkly humorous tale of a woman juggling her high-powered career and family life

6 The Arraignment by Steve Martini (Putnam: $25.95) After 5 3 his good friend is killed, attorney Paul Madriani gets caught up in an intrigue surrounding an ancient Maya artifact

7 Atonement by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $26) A 11 35 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II

8 The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein (Scribner: $25) A gala -- 1 at New York’s Metropolitan Museum is marred when the mummified remains of a curator turn up in a sarcophagus nearby

9 You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: 8 16 $22) Two friends take an around-the-world trip, handing out money to strangers

10 A Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale (Warner: $24.95) A -- 1 teenager stumbles onto a cache of love letters and into the intrigue of a decades-old double murder

11 Dead Aim by Thomas Perry (Random House: $24.95) A land -- 2 developer’s search for clues to a woman’s death leads him to a self -defense school that teaches more than karate chops

12 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Harcourt: $18) A vivid, -- 1 stream-of-consciousness picture of a day in the life of a London woman and her relationships with those around her

13 Small Town by Lawrence Block (William Morrow: $24.95) A -- 1 man beset by the loss of his family on Sept. 11 becomes a serial terrorist himself in the canyons of Manhattan

14 Hollywood Tough by Stephen Cannell (St. Martin’s: $24.95) 15 2 An L.A. gumshoe and his attractive wife lay a trap for a mobster in Tinseltown, with help from the LAPD

15 Prey by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins: $26.95) A foray 7 10 into the chilling world of nanotechnology as a programmer tries to stop a destructive swarm of tiny machines

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST

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*--* 1 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: 1 25 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present

2 Atkins for Life by Robert C. Atkins (St. Martin’s: -- 1 $24.95) The physician continues his mission against low-fat diets, arguing that carbohydrates are the true culprits in weight gain

3 Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State 2 47 of the Nation by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more

4 Vivir Para Contarla by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Alfred A. 11 2 Knopf: $25) The first installment of the laureate’s memoir (“Living to Tell the Tale”), in Spanish, describes his early life in Colombia

5 For Spacious Skies by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever -- 1 (Harcourt: $26) One of the pioneering Mercury astronauts, America’s fourth man in space, recounts his harrowing mission in this memoir

6 Writing Los Angeles edited by David L. Ulin (Library of -- 6 America: $40) An anthology about the City of Angels as seen through the eyes of writers over the decades

7 The Right Man by David Frum (Random House: $25.95) A 4 3 former presidential speech writer writes about George W. Bush’s transformation from contested victor to confident leader

8 The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje (Alfred A. Knopf: -- 6 $35) Insights into the invisible art of film editing with Walter Murch, who worked on “The Godfather” and “The English Patient.”

9 Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: 9 10 $27.95) The bestselling writer spent millions on new forensic technology to unmask the man she believes was Jack the Ripper

10 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 12 143 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change

11 Body-for-Life by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso 3 20 (HarperCollins: $26) A 12-week program of weightlifting and cardiovascular exercise along with nutrition and motivation tips

12 The Savage Nation by Michael Savage (WND Books: $24.99) 6 3 The confrontational radio show host is on a mission to save the nation from itself, railing against feminism and the lack of school prayer

13 What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson (Random -- 1 House: $24.95) A look at 50 professionals, some successful, some not so, and their thoughts on pursuing dreams through their careers

14 Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani (Miramax: $25.95) The -- 16 former New York City mayor recalls how life’s lessons helped him deal with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

15 Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How 5 22 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined work force can propel a company to success

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