Southern California Rating:FICTION1. HANNIBAL by Thomas...

Southern California Rating:

FICTION

1. HANNIBAL by Thomas Harris (Delacorte: $27.95) The cleverly repulsive sequel to “The Silence of the Lambs,” featuring the villainous hero Hannibal the Cannibal.

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 8

2. WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch (Little, Brown: $24) When a woman murders her lover, her daughter must learn to face womanhood in a foster home.

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 13

3. THE GIRLS’ GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Bank (Viking: $23.95) As a modern girl grows up looking for love, to whom should she turn?

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 10

4. MOTHER OF PEARL by Melinda Haynes (Hyperion: $23.95) A story of friendship across race lines and the tragic struggles of private citizens in a 1950s Southern town.

Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 7

5. TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT by Ernest Hemingway, edited by Patrick Hemingway (Scribner: $26) A fictionalized memoir of a 1953 Kenyan safari during a time of native unrest.

Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 3

6. INNER CITY BLUES by Paula L. Woods (W.W. Norton: $23.95) A detective investigates a homicide in the shadows of racism and L.A.’s 1992 riots.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 3

7. GRANNY DAN by Danielle Steel (Delacorte: $19.95) A young ballerina recovers from a deadly illness in the summer palace of the czars.

Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2

8. BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY edited by Katrina Kenison and John Updike (Houghton Mifflin: $28) Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Raymond Carver and Co.

Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 15

9. CLOSE RANGE by Annie Proulx (Scribner: $25) A collection of raw and lusty stories about luckless characters living in the rough wasteland of Wyoming.

Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 12

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

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 21

11. THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster: $16.95) When a young girl loses her way on a hiking trip, a dangerous creature is not far behind.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 4

12. L.A. REQUIEM by Robert Crais (Doubleday: $23.95) The eighth in the Elvis Cole series focuses on Cole’s tough sidekick, Joe Pike, and the murder of Pike’s ex-girlfriend.

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 6

13. MCNALLY’S DILEMMA by Lawrence Sanders (Putnam: $24.95) Playboy Geoffrey Williams is dead. A beautiful woman persuades McNally to take the case.

Last Week: 13; Weeks on List: 2

14. THE SOLDIER SPIES by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam: $25.95) Stealing the secrets of the jet engine and the V-2 rocket from Germany in the heat of World War II.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

15. THE OUTLANDISH COMPANION by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte: $24.95) A guide to Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series, featuring background on Scottish clans, family trees and more.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

NONFICTION

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

Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 81

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

Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 35

3. SHADOW by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster: $27.50) The impact of Watergate on the White House, from Ford to Clinton, by a front-line reporter.

Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 7

4. ENCORE PROVENCE by Peter Mayle (Alfred A. Knopf: $23) A return to southern France prompts memories of good times and a critique of American culture.

Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 11

5. BELLA TUSCANY by Frances Mayes (Broadway: $25) 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: 15

6. THEY CAN’T HIDE US ANYMORE by Richie Havens with Steve Davidowitz (Spike: $24) A look back at a folk singer-social activist’s life, from hard times in Brooklyn to the stage at Woodstock.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

7. FOUR CORNERS by Joe Menzer (Simon & Schuster: $25) Anecdotes and hoop dreams of the Carolina powerhouse teams that dominate the NCAA.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

8. CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK ONE by Neale Donald Walsch (Putnam: $19.95) Divinely-channeled messages about good, evil and the meaning of life.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 87

9. I AIN’T GOT TIME TO BLEED by Jesse Ventura (Villard: $19.95) The story of a Minnesota governor: How a wrestler with a body beautiful became a leader of the body politic.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 5

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

Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 16

11. THE HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw (Little, Brown: $22.95) A chronicle of a monthlong fishing trip by the world’s only female swordfish boat captain.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

12. THE FIRST WORLD WAR by John Keegan (Alfred A. Knopf: $35) A panoramic portrayal of the Great War exploring the hearts and minds of its leaders and their soldiers.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

13. THE CENTURY by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster (Doubleday: $60) The story of our last 100 years as told through the experiences of ordinary people.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 22

14. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT by Blanche Wiesen Cook (Viking: $34.95) A privileged ugly duckling becomes a socially conscious swan during the years 1933 to 1938.

Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3

15. THE PHANTOM FATHER by Barry Gifford (Harcourt Brace: $23) A reconstruction of Gifford’s father’s life and the wild, dangerous world of 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s Chicago.

Last Week: --; Weeks on List: 1

PAPERBACKS

FICTION

1. POINT OF ORIGIN by Patricia Cornwell (Berkeley: $7.99) Kay Scarpetta gets a threatening note from a psychotic killer.

2. THE PILOT’S WIFE by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown: $13.95) A woman’s disturbing discoveries after a fatal plane crash.

3. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden (Vintage: $14) The life and loves of a teahouse entertainer in Kyoto.

4. SUMMER SISTERS by Judy Blume (Dell: $7.50) An unlikely friendship blossoms between two girls.

5. TELL ME YOUR DREAMS by Sidney Sheldon (Warner: $7.99) A computer whiz heroine in Silicon Valley is being stalked.

6. MOON MUSIC by Faye Kellerman (Avon: $7.50) The search for a serial killer in the casinos of Las Vegas.

7. THE READER by Bernhard Schlink (Vintage: $11) A boyhood fling with an older woman and its aftermath.

8. BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY by Helen Fielding (Penguin: $12.95) A thirtysomething deals with love.

9. DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells (HarperPerennial: $13) Sisterhood in the South.

10. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR by John Irving (Ballantine: $14.95) A Dickensian story of a woman with great expectations.

PAPERBACKS

NONFICTION

1. SEAT OF THE SOUL by Gary Zukav (Fireside: $13) The inward transformation of the human soul.

2. ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt (Touchstone: $14) Overcoming an Irish childhood during the Depression.

3. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt (Vintage: $12) A novel of Savannah’s colorful eccentrics.

4. UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes (Broadway: $13) Restoring a cozy home in a glorious Italian landscape.

5. A WALK IN THE WOODS by Bill Bryson (Broadway: $13) A funny memoir and a meditation on American wilderness.

6. THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko (Pocket: $14) Secrets of the wealthy.

7. FALLING LEAVES by Adeline Yen Mah (Broadway: $13) Life under an oppressive stepmother in mainland China.

8. INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer (Anchor Books: $7.99) Risk and recklessness on a deadly Mt. Everest expedition.

9. OUR DUMB CENTURY by the Onion staff (Three Rivers: $15) Satiric headlines from a popular humor publication.

10. GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton: $14.95) The part played by this triad in history.

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.