Southern California Rating:

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 3

2. THE TESTAMENT \o7 by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) \f7 The 10th richest man in the United States has died, and his greedy heirs are circling like hungry vultures.

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 11

3. A NEW SONG \o7 by Jan Karon (Viking: $24.95)\f7 A clergyman and his wife leave their beloved Mitford to shepherd a small congregation on Whitecap Island.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

4. THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON \o7 by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster: $16.95) \f7 Lost in the woods, a young girl encounters a strange vision of horror as she searches for her family.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

5. ABIDE WITH ME \o7 by E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday: $24.95) \f7 The third volume in the Invisible Life trilogy, same characters (five thirtysomething African Americans), set in Seattle.

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 2

6. THE HANDYMAN \o7 by Carolyn See (Random House: $22.95)\f7 The picaresque adventures of a $10-an-hour handyman, drifter and painter in L.A who fixes hearts as well as cabinets.

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 5

7. TARA ROAD \o7 by Maeve Binchy (Delacorte: $24.95)\f7 People facing heartbreak and disappointment are drawn to a Victorian home on a shabby Dublin street.

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 7

8. SOUL OF THE FIRE \o7 by Terry Goodkind (St. Martin's: $27.95)\f7 Lord Rahl and his wife face a being with soul-stealing power; the latest in the "Sword of Truth" series.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

9. ASHES TO ASHES \o7 by Tami Hoag (Bantam: $24.95)\f7 An FBI agent tracks a serial killer of women who makes Jack the Ripper look lke a Boy Scout.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 2

10. VITTORIO THE VAMPIRE \o7 by Anne Rice (Alfred A. Knopf: $19.95) \f7 Another vampire tale, set in Florence, in the orbit of the Medicis and the painter Fra Filippo Lippi.

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 5

11. I THEE WED \o7 by Amanda Quick (Bantam: $23.95) \f7 The race for an arcane book of magic potions by an English gentleman and a beautiful, scandal-attracting woman.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

12. BE COOL \o7 by Elmore Leonard (Delacorte: $24.95)\f7 Fresh from his movie success, Chili Palmer faces a pack of punks, thugs and other Tinsel Town toughies when he enters the music biz.

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 10

13. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE \o7 by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperCollins: $27.50)\f7 An evangelical Baptist missionary takes his wife and children to the Belgian Congo in 1959.

Last Week: 11; Weeks on List: 29

14. SINGLE & SINGLE \o7 by John le Carre (Scribner: $26)\f7 Corrupt liaisons between the new Russian states and the West and of the downfall of two families.

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 7

15. THE TRIALS OF NIKKI HILL \o7 by Christopher Darden and Dick Lochte (Warner: $25)\f7 A prosecutor takes on a music mogul with money to burn in the case of a murdered TV personality.

Last Week: 14; Weeks on List: 3

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NONFICTION

1. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE \o7 by Mitch Albom (Doubleday: $19.95)\f7 A sportswriter's empowering story about his weekly visits to see an older dying friend.

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 68

2. THE GREATEST GENERATION \o7 by Tom Brokaw (Random House: $24.95)\f7 TV anchor tells the stories of the generation that came of age during the Depression and World War II.

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 19

3. BELLA TUSCANY \o7 by Frances Mayes (Broadway Books: $25)\f7 Rich, colorful stories of cuisine and Italian life in the villages by the author of "Under the Tuscan Sun."

Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2

4. LINDBERGH \o7 by A. Scott Berg (Putnam: $30) \f7 Courageous aviator, loving father, isolationist and, finally, fallen hero: a dramatic American story.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 17

5. ALL TOO HUMAN \o7 by George Stephanopoulos (Little, Brown: $27.95)\f7 Behind the scenes in the Oval Office with one of President Clinton's best and brightest.

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 6

6. THE COURAGE TO BE RICH \o7 by Suze Orman (Riverhead: $24.95)\f7 Attention, 'fraidy-cats: Dump that savings account earning 2% and look for better investments.

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 6

7. BUSINESS @ THE SPEED OF THOUGHT \o7 by Bill Gates (Warner: $30) \f7 Microsoft's CEO offers a corporate strategy for competing on today's digital playing field.

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 3

8. THE NINE STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM \o7 by Suze Orman (Crown: $23)\f7 Practical tips for avoiding stress, making good savings plans and managing money.

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 45

9. ANOTHER COUNTRY \o7 by Mary Pipher (Riverhead: $24.95)\f7 Old age and its myriad concerns, financial, physical and emotional, and a criticism of our youth-obsessed culture.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

10. WOMAN \o7 by Natalie Angier (Houghton Mifflin: $25)\f7 A poetic, exuberant celebration of womanhood and its unique qualities and influence on the world.

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3