Southern California Rating:FICTION1 ENDER’S SHADOW by...

Southern California Rating:

FICTION

1 ENDER’S SHADOW by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books: $24.95) In this companion volume to “Ender’s Game,” the human race is at war with the “Buggers,” an insect-like alien race.

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2 BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX by Kurt Vonnegut (Putnam: $24.95) Twenty-four magazine stories, from the 1950s to the present, are collected here for the first time in book form.

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3 WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch (Little, Brown: $24) When a woman murders her lover, her daughter must learn to grow to womanhood in a foster home.

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 18

4 IN PURSUIT OF THE PROPER SINNER by Elizabeth George (Bantam, Doubleday Dell: $25.95) The discovery of two mutilated corpses kicks off the latest Lynley-Havers thriller.

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5 HANNIBAL by Thomas Harris (Delacorte: $27.95) The cleverly repulsive sequel to “The Silence of the Lambs” features the villainous hero Hannibal the Cannibal.

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6 THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $22) A haunting triptych of stories structured around Virginia Woolf’s novel “Mrs. Dalloway.”

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7 BLACK NOTICE by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam: $25.95) Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta hunts for top-secret information in a Paris morgue after a corpse is discovered in a cargo ship.

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8 BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY edited by Katrina Kenison and John Updike (Houghton Mifflin: $28) Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Raymond Carver and Co.

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9 THE GIRLS’ GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Bank (Viking: $23.95) As a modern girl grows up looking for love, to whom should she turn?

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10 TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT by Ernest Hemingway, edited by Patrick Hemingway (Scribner: $26) A fictionalized memoir of a 1953 Kenyan safari during a time of native unrest.

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11 THE CIGARETTE GIRL by Carol Wolper (Riverhead: $22.95) Elizabeth West, a Hollywood screenwriter, is looking for Mr. Right--but she’ll settle for Mr. Maybe.

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12 CRUDDY by Lynda Barry (Simon and Schuster: $23) The creator of the strip “Ernie Pook’s Comeek” explores drugs, mass-murder and general teenage angst in the early 1970s.

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13 MOTHER OF PEARL by Melinda Haynes (Hyperion: $23.95) A story of friendship across racial lines and the tragic struggles of private citizens in a 1950s Southern town.

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14 A CERTAIN AGE by Tama Janowitz (Doubleday: $23.95) An attractive single woman seeks entry into the circles of New York’s elite society but finds scandal instead.

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15 THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) The 10th richest man in the United States has died, and his greedy heirs are circling like hungry vultures.

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NONFICTION

1 ENDURANCE by Alfred Lansing (Caroll and Graf: $12.95) The story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s survival for more than a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas.

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2 BLIND EYE by James B. Stewart (Simon & Schuster: $25) An account of a convicted felon, suspected of murdering dozens of patients, who was still allowed to practice medicine.

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3 CHAVEZ RAVINE by Don Normark (Chronicle: $29.95) This book of photographs captures the residents of Chavez Ravine in 1949, a year before Dodger Stadium was built.

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4 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95) A sportswriter’s empowering story about his weekly visits to see an older dying friend.

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5 ETHICS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM by The Dalai Lama (Riverhead Books: $24.95) Tibetan Buddhism’s leading voice presents a road map for achieving a global spiritual revolution.

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6 ANDY KAUFMAN REVEALED! by Bob Zmuda (Little, Brown: $24) Kaufman’s best friend shares stories and adventures of life with the “Taxi” player.

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7 GLORIA! I JUST KEPT HOPING by Gloria Stuart (Little, Brown: $25) The story of a movie actress from the 1930s through a triumphant Oscar nomination for “Titanic.”

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8 OUTSIDE THE BUNGALOW by Paul Duchscherer (Penguin: $32.95) Architectural elements are highlighted in this look at the allure of Arts and Crafts bungalow gardens.

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9 DIANA IN SEARCH OF HERSELF by Sally Bedell Smith (Times Books: $25) From birth to death, the princess’ struggle to remake her self-image.

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10 THE ROLLING STONE BOOK OF THE BEATS edited by Holly George-Warren (Hyperion: $27.50) How Thompson, Ferlinghetti, Kerouac et al changed American culture forever.

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11 BILL AND HILLARY by Christopher Andersen (William Morrow: $27.50) Gossip about the first family, including plenty of lurid tales about the president’s sexual antics.

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12 FEEL THIS BOOK by Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller (Ballantine: $22.95) Two comedians parody New Age religion and modern self-help books.

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13 THREE DOG NIGHTMARE by Chuck Negron (Renaissance: $22.95) The life and times of Three Dog Night’s lead singer, from “Joy to the World” on down.

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14 ANOTHER LIFE by Michael Korda (Random House: $26.95) An insider’s delicious dish on the personalities behind a popular publishing house.

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15 THE HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw (Little, Brown: $22.95) A chronicle of a monthlong fishing trip by the world’s only female swordfish boat captain.

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PAPERBACKS

Southern California Rating:

FICTION

1 MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden (Vintage: $14) The life and loves of a teahouse entertainer in Kyoto.

2 ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books: $3.99) Ender Wiggin has been bred to save the Earth.

3 THE PILOT’S WIFE by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown: $13.95) A woman’s disturbing discoveries after a fatal plane crash.

4 BIRDS OF AMERICA by Lorrie Moore (Picador: $14) Wounded characters find affection in unlikely places.

5 RAINBOW SIX by Tom Clancy (Berkley: $8.50) Handpicked secret agents use deadly force against terrorists.

6 POINT OF ORIGIN by Patricia Cornwell (Berkeley: $7.99) Kay Scarpetta gets a threatening note from a psychotic killer.

7 HANNA’S DAUGHTERS by Marianne Fredriksson (Ballantine: 12.95) Swedish women in a century of love and loss.

8 IDENTITY by Milan Kundera (HarperCollins: $13) Communication between two lovers.

9 CAT’S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut (Delta: $11.95) An apocalyptic vision of the future.

10 BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE by Alice Walker (Ballantine: $13.95) Missionaries study a Mexican tribe.

PAPERBACKS

NONFICTION

Southern California Rating:

1 THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester (HarperPerennnial: $13) A madman with a flair for words.

2 ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt (Touchstone: $14) Overcoming an Irish childhood during the Depression.

3 GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton: $14.95) The part played by this triad in history.

4 THE GIFTS OF THE JEWS by Thomas Cahill (Anchor Books: $14) How a group of desert nomads changed the world.

5 EAT THE RICH by P.J. O’Rourke (Atlantic Monthly Press: $13) The differences between good and bad capitalism.

6 LINDBERGH by A. Scott Berg (Vintage: $12) The story of an American hero. 7 THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger (HarperPaperback: $13) Fishermen trapped in a storm.

8 EYES WIDE OPEN by Frederic Raphael (Ballantine: $12) A memoir of Stanley Kubrick.

9 OUR DUMB CENTURY by the Onion staff (Three Rivers: $15) Satiric headlines from a popular humor publication.

10 WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE KILLED WITH OUR FAMILIES by Philip Gourevitch (Picador: $15)