BESTSELLERS

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*--* 1 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket Books: $7.99) A Harvard scholar uncovers a vendetta against the Catholic Church.

2 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage: $12) An autistic teen seeks a killer.

3 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Penguin: $16) A Russian woman in an empty marriage seeks passion.

4 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander M. Smith (Anchor: $11.95) Botswana’s favorite private eye.

5 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador: $15) A Greek family embraces the American dream.

6 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin: $14) A teenage girl is haunted by her mother’s death.

7 The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Broadway: $13.95) A college grad enters fashion publishing.

8 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Back Bay: $13.95) A murdered girl tells the story of those left behind.

9 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: $14) A writer returns to Kabul to rescue the son of a childhood friend.

10 The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest: $14) A time-traveler falls in love with a teen heiress.

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*--* 1 Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (Random House: $13.95) A professor keeps literature alive for her students.

2 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (Workman: $18.95) Trotting the globe.

3 Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter (Teachpress: $15.95) Fiscal parenting.

4 Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $12.95) A code of conduct based on Toltec wisdom.

5 What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi E. Murkoff et al. (Workman: $13.95) The ABCs of pregnancy.

6 Black Dahlia Avenger by Steve Hodel (Perennial: $14.95) A theory in the infamous 1947 killing of a young woman.

7 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage: $14.95) How a serial killer haunted the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

8 Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins: $13.95) Practices of the junk food industry.

9 Worst-Case Survival Handbook: College by Joshua Piven et al (Chronicle: $14.95) Grads offer advice.

10 Stupid White Men by Michael Moore (Regan Books: $13.95) Lampooning the Bush administration and more.

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