BESTSELLERS

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. Nothing to Lose by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) A sect 2 plans to hasten the end times in Colorado. 2. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) 6 Alien invaders take over the minds of humans. 3. The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow (Knopf: $23.95) A surfing 2 private eye tangles with thugs. 4. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & 3 Schuster: $25.95) Girlfriends make a vow to radically updo their lives. 5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Harper: 4 $23.95) A dog’s-eye view of love, loyalty and sacrifice. 6. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Random 3 House: $26) A traveler arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor with a beguiling tale to tell. 7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 21 (Riverhead: $24.95) A sci-fi-loving nerd and his immigrant family are haunted by the past. 8. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday: $24.95) An aging 4 porn star tries to cap her career with a movie of her having sex with 600 men in one day. 9. The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst (Random House: $25) A 2 French diplomat tries to discover Germany’s plans in 1937 Poland. 10. Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, 1 Brown: $27.99) A widow takes her children on a sailing vacation that goes desperately wrong. *--*

*--* Nonfiction 1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris 3 (Little, Brown: $25.99) The quotidian meets the profound in this new batch of essays. 2. What Happened by Scott McClellan (PublicAffairs: 3 $27.95) The former Bush press secretary says the administration deceived the public about Iraq. 3. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 10 (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor with terminal cancer urges us to seize life’s moments. 4. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) 77 Life’s secrets, distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 5. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea 7 Handler (Simon Spotlight: $24.95) The talk-show host skewers dating, family and work. 6. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by 2 Vincent Bugliosi (Vanguard: $26.95) The famed prosecutor lays out the case for trying the president for the murder of U.S. troops in Iraq. 7. The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria (W.W. 6 Norton: $25.95) What the future holds with the United States fading as the world’s leading economy. 8. Audition by Barbara Walters (Knopf: $29.95) The 6 pioneering newswoman recalls her life and career. 9. The Downhill Lie by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf: $22) The 3 writer describes his return to the game of golf. 10. Just Who Will You Be? by Maria Shriver (Hyperion: 9 $14.95) Ask who, not what, you want to be. *--*