Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

Fiction weeks on list1.Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $26) The layered lives of victims and perpetrators are explored in the aftermath of a Manhattan shooting. 3 2.The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A billionaire enlists political help to kill a $41-million jury award over toxic-waste dumping. 8 3.Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $26.95) A killer offers to donate his heart to his victim's sister. 3 4.The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt: $25) Dublin pathologist Garret Quirke doubts suicide as the cause of a woman's death. 35.Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press: $25) An ambitious woman finds her fortunes improved after a three-year bout of amnesia. 26.A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's: $27.95) An illiterate Londoner is framed for his future brother-in-law's murder. 37.Life Class by Pat Barker (Doubleday: $23.95) Three art-school friends face World War I. 48.People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking: $25.95) A rare-books expert traces the history of a priceless Jewish tome to 15th century Spain. 109.World Without End by Ken Follett (Dutton: $35) Children jockey for power in 14th century England. 1710.Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (Knopf: $25.95) Jesus seeks a sense of purpose among his kin before facing his destiny. 311.The Wentworths by Katie Arnoldi (Overlook: $23.95) The foibles of a dysfunctional Southern California family. 112.7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown: $27.99) Det. Lindsay Boxer seeks a murderous arsonist and a missing teen. 713.Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson (William Morrow: $24.95) Two cops parse their feelings for each other as they investigate a pair of gruesome murders. 314.My Liar by Rachel Cline (Random House: $23) Two high-powered women, one a film editor, the other a director, face friendship and betrayal, Hollywood style. 115.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: $25.95) Two Afghan women struggle to survive jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny. 44 Nonfiction 1.In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: $21.95) A look at dietary sacred cows. 12 2.Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A father's struggle with his son's meth addiction. 4 3.sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight: $24.95) The "90210" star tells all. 2 4.The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life's secrets distilled from oral tradition, literature, religion and philosophy. 655.Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster: $30) A revisionist look at the run-up to World War II. 26.The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra (Harmony: $24) The case for a more mystical interpretation of Jesus. 57.The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (Pantheon: $26) Our descent into junk culture. 58.Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power (Penguin Press: $32.95) Power uses her biography of the chief of the U.N. mission to Iraq killed in a terrorist bombing to explore religious extremism and ethnic struggle. 29.Stop Whining, Start Living by Laura Schlessinger (HarperCollins: $24.95) Tips on getting out of a rut. 210.Panama Fever by Matthew Parker (Doubleday: $29.95) The passion, power and human toll involved in the building of the Panama Canal. 111.Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli (Free Press: $26) How the TV star-turned-rock 'n' roll wife got her life back. 412.Dog Man by Martha Sherrill (Penguin Press: $25.95) A man leaves Tokyo life for a mountain village and a calling to rescue a canine breed from extinction. 113.101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick (MIT Press: $12.95) A primer on the nuts and bolts of design, drawing and the creative process. 114.Project Renewment by Bernice Bratter and Helen Dennis (Scribner: $20) A guide for women facing retirement from the workforce. 115.Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku (Doubleday: $26.95) Time travel, telepathy and other wonders are explored as future possibilities. 1