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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 9 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 2. Peony in Love by Lisa See (Random House: $23.95) A 17th 3 century Chinese girl who dies before she can marry tells her story from the netherworld. 3. High Noon by Nora Roberts (Putnam: $26.95) A police 1 hostage negotiator and those close to her are targeted by a mysterious assailant in Savannah, Ga. 4. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 7 $22) A couple face a cruel reality on their wedding night. 5. The Judas Strain by James Rollins (William Morrow: 2 $25.95) Members of the Sigma Force fight an ancient plague, which takes the form of a cryptogram. 6. The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 2 (Little, Brown: $27.99) A detective with a cheating husband is caught in a web of revenge. 7. Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson (Putnam: $24.95) An 1 Idaho sheriff tries to foil an assassin intent on harming a woman who is about to run for president. 8. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon 12 (HarperCollins: $26.95) Murder mystery meets alternate history in an Alaska gone Yiddish. 9. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s: 4 $27.95) Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is the prime suspect in her ex-husband’s alleged murder. 10. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July 4 (Scribner: $23) Short stories explore seduction, romance and the search for acceptance. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 11 (HarperCollins: $24.95) How to tie knots, find true north, build treehouses and other vital skills. 2. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 30 Life’s secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 3. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown (Doubleday: 6 $27.50) A dishy tale of the late princess of Wales by the former editor of Tatler and Vanity Fair. 4. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve: 12 $24.99) The acerbic commentator argues that the world would be a better place without religion. 5. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Penguin: $25.95) 8 The former vice president laments the lack of reasoned political debate on vital national issues. 6. Mere Anarchy by Woody Allen (Random House: $21.95) A 5 collection of vintage Allen rants, along with some new humor. 7. Breaking Back by James Blake (HarperCollins: $25.95) 1 The tennis pro recounts his struggles and his return to competition after a neck fracture. 8. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, 8 Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (HarperCollins: $26.95) Living off the family farm. 9. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Knopf: 48 $21.95) The author and screenwriter tries to reconcile herself to life among the post-bikini set. 10. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (Little, Brown: 3 $24.99) A Navy SEAL’s account of a deadly raid to capture an Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. *--*