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Fiction
(This week/Last week)
1. () Narcissus in Chains, Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley Publishing Group; $22.95) Anita Blake must choose, love a vampire or a werewolf, while being hunted herself.
2. (1) The Mitford Snowmen, Jan Karon (Viking Press; $10.95) Snowfall brings Christmas celebration Mitford style.
3. () The Sigma Protocol, Robert Ludlum (St. Martin's Press; $27.95) Assassination attempts, post WWII plots, and high drama punctuate the last novel Ludlum wrote before his death.
4. (7) Wish You Well, David Baldacci (Warner Books; $7.99) Twelve-year-old girl deals with forced move from New York to Virginia and culture shock.
5. (2) The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar Straus & Giroux; $26) Oprah's Book Club selection tells quirky family drama.
6. (3) The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume; $12). Novel uses Vermeer's portrait as a starting point.
7. () The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (Picador; $14). New view of Dinah, who appears briefly in the book of Genesis.
8. () The World Below, Sue Miller (Knopf; $25) Loss of a beloved grandmother brings reflection and renewal.
9. () Lost and Found, Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam Publishing Group; $23.95) Art consultant and mysterious stranger find romance in the midst of murder and mayhem.
10. () Midnight Bayou, Nora Roberts (Putnam Publishing Group; $25.95) Hero must depend on Cajun heroine to save his sanity and his life in a haunted hall.
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| Non-fiction (This week/Last week)
1. () If Chins Could Kill, Bruce Campbell, Ivan Raimi, and Craig Sanborn (LA Weekly Books; 23.95) subtitled Confessions of a B Movie Actor.
2. (2) The No Spin Zone, Bill O'Reilly (Broadway Books; $24.95) subtitled Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America.
3. () Looking for Alaska, Peter Jenkins (St. Martin's Press; $25.95) Chronicles of the author's time in Alaska part travelogue part personal rejuvenation.
4. (1) Jack: Straight from the Gut, Jack Welch and John A. Byrne (Warner Books; $29.95) Former CEO of GE recounts his career, management style and how the company grew.
5. (3) How I Play Golf, Tiger Woods, Golf Digest editor (Warner Books; $34.95) Illustrated tips from the master for beginners and pros.
6. (10) Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose (Simon & Schuster; $16) Subtitled E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and basis for the HBO miniseries.
7. (6) John Adams, David McCullough (Simon & Schuster; $35) Biography of America's second president.
8. (5) Portraits of America, William Allen Allard and Richard Ford (National Geographic Society; $50) USA through Mr. Allard's lens.
9. (8) Guinness World Records 2002, Guinness World Records editor (Time Inc. Home Entertainment; $27.95).
10.(4) The Final Days, Barbara Olson (Regnery Publishing; $27.95) subtitled A Behind the Scenes Look at the Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House.
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