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As they did last week, authors P.D. James and Walter Isaacson top the last pre-Christmas bestseller lists at Southern California indie bookstores. No change at the top in paperbacks either: Téa Obreht's "The Tiger's Wife" and Jennifer S. Holland's "Unlikely Friendships." Plenty of shopping ideas on the extended lists, inside.
Hardcover Fiction 1. Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850 2. 11/22/63 Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282 3. The Drop Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410 4. V Is for Vengeance Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868 5. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122 6. The Leopard Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874 7. The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694 8. The Litigators John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137 9. 1Q84 Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313 10. The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
2. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
3. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
4. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
5. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
6. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
7. The New New Rules
Bill Maher, Blue Rider, $26.95, 9780399158414
8. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776
9. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
10. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476Trade Paperback Fiction
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
4. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
5. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
6. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
7. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
8. Los Angeles Stories
Ry Cooder, City Lights Books, $15.95, 9780872865198
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
10. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
2. Awkward Family Pet Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129
3. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
5. Eat: Los Angeles 2012
Pat Saperstein, Linda Burum, Prospect Park, $19.95, 9780984410286
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
8. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310