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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* SO. CAL. RATING Fiction 1 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin: $14) A father hides the birth of a twin from his wife.

2 March by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin: $14) Imagining the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, father of the “Little Women.”

3 Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage: $14.95) A Turkish poet returns from exile to find ideological strife.

4 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House: $13.95) Two women in 19th century China.

5 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco: $13) An Andalusian shepherd boy searches for treasure in Egypt.

6 The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Vintage: $13.95) Adam Dalgliesh searches for the killer of an acclaimed novelist.

7 Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine: $14.95) Tourists in Burma make darkly humorous missteps.

8 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund (Tor Books: $12.95) An ancient force is reawakened on planet Onyx.

9 Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts (Jove: $7.99) Irish sorceress Hoyt and Demon Queen Lilith clash in their final battle.

10 My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage: $14.95) An artist is murdered in 16th century Istanbul.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction 1 Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Picador: $14) A boy goes to live with his mother’s psychiatrist.

2 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner: $14) A memoir of breaking away from dysfunctional parents.

3 Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (Anchor: $16.95) A portrait of France’s child-queen.

4 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage: $14.95) A serial killer haunts the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

5 Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (TechPress/Warner: $16.95) Fiscal parenting.

6 Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley with Ron Powers (Bantam: $7.99) The men in the iconic Iwo Jima photo.

7 A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn (Harper Perennial: $18.95) From 1492 to the present.

8 Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Vintage: $14.95) The Nobel laureate meditates on life in his city and its ancient civilization.

9 The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger (Harper: $13.95) How to manage men.

10 Night by Elie Wiesel (Hill & Wang: $9) A teenager’s harrowing year spent in four concentration camps.

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