FictionTHE LAST DON by Mario Puzo. (Random...

Fiction

THE LAST DON by Mario Puzo. (Random House: $25.95.) Blood and money are tough to shake when a mafia boss tries going legit for his childrens’ sake (2)*. Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 3

SERVANT OF THE BONES by Anne Rice. (Knopf: $25.95.) A demon with a heart of gold finds himself at the mercy of whatever magician calls him (1). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: 5; Week on List: 2

I’M LOSING YOU by Bruce Wagner. (Villard: $23.) A collection of characters trapped (sometimes willingly) in the sleaze of Hollywood.* Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 4; Week on List: 4

THE RUNAWAY JURY by John Grisham. (Doubleday: $26.95) (4)*. Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 13

CAUSE OF DEATH by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam: $25.95.) A body found in a frozen river draws medical expert Kay Scarpetta into a conspiracy (3)*. Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: 2; Week on List: 6

LILY WHITE by Susan Isaacs. (HarperCollins: $25.) (7)*. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: 7; Week on List: 8

THE STATEMENT by Brian Moore. (Dutton: $22.95.) A portrait of an unrepentant Nazi collaborator in old age. Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: 9; Week on List: 6

ANYTHING CONSIDERED by Peter Mayle. (Knopf: $23.) A comedy of errors featuring a roguish epicure, gourmet foods and, as always, a Provencal landscape. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 2

PRIMARY COLORS by Anonymous (Joe Klein). (Random House: $24.). Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 20

SLOWNESS by Milan Kundera. Translated from the French by Linda Asher. (HarperCollins: $21.) A meditation on the accelerated pace of modern life. Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 8

Nonfiction

THE ZONE by Barry Sears with Bill Lawren. (HarperCollins/ReganBooks: $22.) (3). Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 23

BARE KNUCKLES AND BACK ROOMS: My Life in American Politics by Ed Rollins with Tom DeFrank. (Broadway Books: $27.50.) Putting a wrecking ball to some facades he helped erect. Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

POWER TO BURN: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business by Stephen Singular. (Carol/Birch Lane: $22.50.) An unauthorized portrait of Michael Eisner’s right-hand man at Disney.* Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 2; Week on List: 3

HIT AND RUN: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood by Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters. (Simon & Schuster: $25.)*. Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 11

UNLIMITED ACCESS: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House by Gary Aldrich. (Regnery: $24.95.) (1)*. Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: 5; Week on List: 4

AARON SPELLING: A PRIME-TIME LIFE by Aaron Spelling and Jefferson Graham. (St. Martin’s: $22.95.) Riding high on waves of TV pablum. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach. (Warner: $17.95.) (5)*. Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 13

WAITING FOR THE SUN: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and the Sound of Los Angeles by Barney Hoskyns. (St. Martin’s: $27.50.) The nasty, seamy history of pop music, L.A.-style. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: 8; Week on List: 2

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS by Deepak Chopra. (Amber-Allen Publishing: $12.95.) (12)*. Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: 9; Week on List: 68

OUTRAGE: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder by Vincent Bugliosi. (W.W. Norton: $25.) (6)*. Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: 4; Week on List: 10

Paperbacks: FICTION

1. THE GREEN MILE PART FIVE: Night Journey by Stephen King. (Signet: $2.99.)

2. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson. (Vintage: $12.)*

3. “L” IS FOR LAWLESS by Sue Grafton. (Fawcett: $6.99.)

4. A DOG’S LIFE by Peter Mayle. (Vintage: $11.)

5. TRAINSPOTTING by Irvine Welsh. (Norton: $13.)*

Paperbacks: NONFICTION

1. ZAGAT SURVEY 1996 L.A./SO. CAL RESTAURANTS edited by Merrill Shindler and Karen Berk. (Zagat Survey: $10.95.)

2. THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron. (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam: $13.95.)*

3. HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby. (Riverhead Books: $12.)

4. IF by Amy Carmichael. (Christian Literature Crusade: $3.95.)

5. NO ORDINARY TIME by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster: $16.)

Rankings based on Times’ poll of local bookstores. National hardcover rankings (in parentheses) are those of Publishers Weekly. Asterisk (*) indicates book also available on audio (source: Sound Audio Books Distributing, Agoura Hills).