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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (Children’s 3 High Level Group: $12.99) A collection of five fairy tales inspired by the “Harry Potter” series. 2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: 23 $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle a la “Hamlet.” 3. The Private Patient by P.D. James (Knopf: $25.95) A 5 murder investigation focuses on the staff from a plastic-surgery clinic. 4. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella 24 must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 5. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) 21 The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 6. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Knopf: $23.95) A slave girl is 6 sold by her mother in late-1600s America to give her a better life. 7. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: $27.95) Forensic 3 pathologist Kay Scarpetta travels to New York to examine a psychiatric patient at Bellevue. 8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 21 Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 9. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) 21 Aliens take over the minds of humans. 10. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (Harper: $29.95) 6 A couple seek to reconstruct their lives after a tragic school shooting in Colorado. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) 6 An exploration of the background of high achievers. 2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 34 (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) 5 Andrew Jackson’s path to the White House. 4. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central: 13 $19.99) The impact that a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons. 5. Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, 14 Straus & Giroux: $27.95) Solutions to overpopulation and the global-warming crisis. 6. Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz (Random 5 House: $40) The photographer dissects and explains the making of her favorite photos. 7. Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, 23 Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” 8. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly 11 (Broadway: $26) The Fox News commentator explores his childhood and its relevance to his later life. 9. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris 23 (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. 10. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: 5 $16.99) Comical tales of holiday traditions. *--*

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

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

4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz ($14)

5. The Appeal by John Grisham ($14)

Nonfiction

1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($7.99)

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

3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

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

5. Marley & Me by John Grogan ($13.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.