Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

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*--* 1 THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown: $21.95) 1 12 A murdered girl tells the story of her grieving family, the killer and the detective who hunts him 2 RED RABBIT by Tom Clancy (Putnam: $28.95) In the early 2 5 1980s, newcomer Jack Ryan stumbles upon a KGB plot to assassinate the pope and create global chaos 3 THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 3 28 (St. Martin’s: $24.95) The travails of an overworked and underappreciated Park Avenue caregiver 4 MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 13 2 $26) A Greek family embraces the mid-century American dream, and a young girl takes a journey to manhood 5 MORGAWR by Terry Brooks (Del Rey: $27.95) The “Shannara” -- 1 trilogy draws to a close with an epic battle between the warship Shannara’s crew and a powerful sorcerer 6 STANDING IN THE RAINBOW by Fannie Flagg (Random House: -- 4 $25.95) After World War II the world is changing for the Smith family and their colorful neighbors in a quaint Missouri town 7 ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday: $26) A 5 27 haunting novel of guilt and redemption that follows several lives through the chaos of England in World War II 8 A LOVE OF MY OWN by E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday: $24.95) A -- 5 pair of high-powered executives at a hip urban magazine yearn for meaning beyond the boardroom 9 BLOOD OF VICTORY by Alan Furst (Random House: $24.95) A 8 2 motley group of saboteurs foils the Nazi war machine’s access to Romanian oil, which it desperately needs 10 THE APPRENTICE by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine: $24.95) -- 2 Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli thinks a jailed serial killer is somehow in on a wealthy doctor’s murder 11 THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS by Paul Auster (Henry Holt: $24) A 6 3 Vermont professor grieving for his family loses himself in a search for a silent-movie comedian who has vanished 12 THE GRAVE MAURICE by Martha Grimes (Viking: $25.95) 4 2 Scotland Yard’s Richard Jury looks for an abducted girl and a thoroughbred horse, and uncovers medical schemes and fraud 13 SHADOW PUPPETS by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books: $25.95) 10 3 The Battle Field children continue their fight against evil forces scheming toward world domination 14 DARK HORSE by Tami Hoag (Bantam: $26.95) A former cop 12 2 retreats to a Florida ranch, where she finds skulduggery and scheming in the equestrian world 15 THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen L. Carter (Alfred A. 7 14 Knopf: $26.95) A professor is drawn into the underworld of Washington, D.C., by the secrets of his late father, a federal judge

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*--* 1 THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION by Nicholas Perricone 1 5 (HarperCollins: $27.50) A guide to aging that argues that good nutrition, not lotions, is the best treatment for your skin 2 LET FREEDOM RING by Sean Hannity (ReganBooks: $25.95) A 2 2 star of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” argues that liberal ideas are undermining America’s war on terrorism 3 LONGITUDES AND ATTITUDES by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, -- 1 Straus & Giroux: $26) The New York Times foreign affairs columnist reflects on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath 4 A MIND AT A TIME by Mel Levine (Simon & Schuster: $26) A 3 11 pediatrics professor argues that schools need to teach children based on their individual learning styles 5 LET’S ROLL by Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham (Tyndale 9 3 House: $24.99) The widow of a passenger aboard United Flight 93 on Sept. 11 tells her story of loss, faith and hope 6 NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY by Janice Dickinson (ReganBooks: 6 3 $24.95) The 1970s supermodel recalls a heady runway life filled with sex and drugs and her rehab and recovery 7 STUPID WHITE MEN AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR THE STATE 5 29 OF THE NATION by Michael Moore (ReganBooks: $24.95) Lampooning the government and more 8 SELF MATTERS by Phillip C. McGraw (Simon & Schuster: 8 34 $25) A self-improvement guru and “Oprah” regular teaches readers how to “create your life from the inside out.” 9 SNOBBERY by Joseph Epstein (Houghton Mifflin: $25) A 11 6 meditation on the nature of pretentiousness and an attack on some of its most merciless practitioners 10 BREAKDOWN by Bill Gertz (Regnery: $27.95) How the U.S. -- 1 intelligence agency failed to understand the treacherous plans of Osama bin Laden and his followers 11 GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins (HarperCollins: $27.50) How -- 10 a great product, a healthy corporate culture and a disciplined work force can propel a company to success 12 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson (Putnam: $19.95) 15 128 The coauthor of “The One-Minute Manager” uses the parable of mice in a maze to discuss managing change 13 SLANDER by Ann Coulter (Crown: $25.95) A political 7 11 pundit takes on the media and explains how liberal bias is threatening to ruin the country 14 THE POWER OF NOW by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: -- 13 $21.95) How to improve relationships and encourage happiness and contentment by living in the present 15 DIANA: CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET by Ken Wharfe (Michael -- 1 O’Mara Books: $22.95) An intimate portrait of the princess of Wales by one of the police officers appointed to guard her

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