LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERS / FEBRUARY 15, 1998

FICTION

BIRTHDAY LETTERS by Ted Hughes (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $20). Southern California ranking: 1; Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2

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PARADISE by Toni Morrison (Knopf: $25). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 5

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MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden (Knopf: $25). Southern California ranking: 3; Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 15

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THE STREET LAWYER by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95). Southern California ranking: 4; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly: $24). Southern California ranking: 5; Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 33

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BLACK AND BLUE by Anna Quindlen (Random House: $23). Southern California ranking: 6; Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2

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A CERTAIN JUSTICE by P.D. James (Knopf: $25). Southern California ranking: 7; Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 11

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NIGHT TRAIN by Martin Amis (Harmony: $20). Southern California ranking: 8; Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4

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CUBA LIBRE by Elmore Leonard (Delacorte: $23.95). Southern California ranking: 9; Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 4

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THE MAGICIAN’S WIFE by Brian Moore (William Abrahams/Dutton: $23.95). Southern California ranking: 10; Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 4

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FEAR NOTHING by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $26.95). Southern California ranking: 1; Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 4

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JACK MAGGS by Peter Carey (Knopf: $24). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy (Random House: $23). Southern California ranking: 3; Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 32

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THE WINNER by David Baldacci (Warner: $25). Southern California ranking: 4; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 7

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WHERE SERPENTS LIE by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion: $23.95). Southern California ranking: 5; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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Nonfiction

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95). Southern California ranking: 6; Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 7

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STORY by Robert McKee (ReganBooks: $25). Southern California ranking: 7; Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 6

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TRACEY TAKES ON by Tracey Ullman (Hyperion: $23.95). Southern California ranking: 8; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt (Scribner: $24). Southern California ranking: 9; Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 68

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THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger (Norton: $23.95). Southern California ranking: 10; Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 31

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CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK ONE by Neale Donald Walsch (Putnam: $19.95) Southern California ranking: 4; Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 39

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MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt (Random House: $24) Southern California ranking: 6; Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 44

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OFFICIAL NEGLIGENCE by Lou Cannon (Times Books: $35) Southern California ranking: 8; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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THE UNIVERSE AND THE TEACUP by K.C. Cole (Harcourt Brace: $21) Southern California ranking: 9; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

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INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer. (Villard: $24) Southern California ranking: 10; Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 42

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CITIZEN SOLDIERS by Stephen E. Ambrose (Simon & Schuster: $27.50) Southern California ranking: 11; Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 10

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HAPPINESS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM by Dennis Prager (ReganBooks $23) Southern California ranking: 12; Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 4

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THE RAPE OF NANKING by Iris Chang (Basic Books: $25) Southern California ranking: 13 Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 2

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A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson (Miramax Books: $40) Southern California ranking: 14; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 4

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TRUMAN CAPOTE by George Plimpton (Nan Talese/Doubleday: $35) Southern California ranking: 15; Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 7

Paperbacks

FICTION

1. THE PARTNER by John Grisham (Dell: $7.99)

2. LE DIVORCE by Diane Johnson (William Abrahams/Plume: $12.95)

3. DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins: $13)

4. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER by Walter Lord (Bantam: $5.50)

5. HORNET’S NEST by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley: $7.50)

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NONFICTION

1. THE SIMPSONS by Matt Groening, Ray Richmond and Antonia Coffman (HarperPerennial: $15.95)

2. JAMES CAMERON’S TITANIC by James Cameron, Douglas Kirkland and Ed Marsh (HarperCollins: $20)

3. AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS by Oliver Sacks (David McKay: $9)

4. UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes (Broadway Books: $13)

5. THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen R. Covey (Fireside: $12)

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.