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Los Angeles Times list/April 22, 2007/Southern California ratings

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & 1 Schuster: $25.95) Two bodies are found on a New Jersey estate and police suspect the owner. 2. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A small 5 New England town tries to cope after a troubled teen kills 10 at the local high school. 3. The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster: $25.95) 7 A party-girl heiress reluctantly accepts protection after witnessing a crime. 4. Boomsday by Christopher Buckley (Twelve: $24.99) Blogger 3 Cass Devine pushes euthanasia as a solution to the Social Security crisis. 5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin: $23.95) A 20 nursing-home patient recalls his life and loves after joining the circus in the 1930s. 6. Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $26.95) 2 Psychologist Alex Delaware and an LAPD detective investigate a deathbed confession. 7. The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Canongate: $24) A 1 man awakens to find himself pursued by metaphysical sharks. 8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Harcourt: 1 $22) A Princeton graduate from Pakistan finds his sympathies torn after Sept. 11. 9. What Is the What by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s: $26) A 15 Sudanese refugee finds safety and a sense of belonging elusive in America. 10. Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella (Dial: $24) 6 Shopaholic Becky, now pregnant, learns that her husband used to date her obstetrician.

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*--* Nonfiction 1. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf: 37 $19.95) The author and screenwriter tries to reconcile herself to life among the post-bikini set. 2. Dropping the Ball by Dave Winfield with Michael Levin 1 (Scribner: $25) The Hall of Fame player offers a plan to preserve Major League Baseball. 3. Women & Money by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau: $24.95) 6 How women can harness their finances, fix their credit and save for retirement. 4. Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch (Tarcher: 11 $19.95) The filmmaker on how Transcendental Meditation helps him “catch” ideas. 5. Deep Economy by Bill McKibben (Times Books: $25) “The 1 End of Nature” author offers alternatives to gas-guzzling, consumer-oriented economies. 6. Bambi vs. Godzilla by David Mamet (Pantheon: $22) The 9 director-screenwriter tells how greed and stupidity hurt Hollywood. 7. Einstein by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster: $32) 1 An examination of the life and genius of Albert Einstein. (Reviewed on Page R4.) 8. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Free Press: $26) The 6 Somali-born activist tells of death threats she got for criticizing how her Muslim faith treats women. 9. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown: $25) The 25 U.S. senator argues for an end to political partisanship to reclaim the American dream. 10. This Moment on Earth by John Kerry and Teresa Heinz 1 Kerry (PublicAffairs: $25) A look at the work of environmental preservationists across the nation.

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