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*--* Fiction weeks on list 1. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A 7 billionaire enlists political help to kill a $41-million jury award over toxic-waste dumping. 2. Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 2 $26) The layered lives of victims and perpetrators are explored in the aftermath of a Manhattan shooting. 3. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt: $25) 2 Dublin pathologist Garret Quirke doubts suicide as the cause of a woman’s death. 4. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A killer 2 offers to donate his heart to his victim’s sister. 5. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s: 2 $27.95) An illiterate Londoner is framed for his future brother-in-law’s murder. 6. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (Knopf: 2 $25.95) Jesus seeks a sense of purpose among his kin before facing his destiny. 7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: 43 $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 8. 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, 6 Brown: $27.99) Detective Lindsay Boxer seeks a murderous arsonist and a missing teen. 9. Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson (William Morrow: 2 $24.95) Two cops parse feelings for each other as they investigate a pair of gruesome murders. 10. Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein (Doubleday: $26) 1 Manhattan prosecutor Alex Cooper seeks a serial killer of military women. *--*

*--* 1. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A 3 father’s struggle with his son’s meth addiction. 2. Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster: $30) 1 How bigotry and anti-communism influenced Allied leaders before World War II. 3. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra (Harmony: $24) The case for 4 a more mystical interpretation of Jesus. 4. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: $21.95) 11 A look at dietary sacred cows. 5. sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight: $24.95) The 1 “90210” star tells all. 6. Stop Whining, Start Living by Laura Schlessinger 1 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Tips on getting out of a rut. 7. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life’s 64 secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 8. Manic by Terri Cheney (Publisher: $24.95) A onetime 3 entertainment lawyer explains being bipolar. 9. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli (Free Press: $26) How the TV 3 star-turned-rock ‘n’ roll wife got her life back. 10. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden 41 (HarperCollins: $24.95) Learn how to tie knots, find true north and perform other skills. *--*