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Weekend book notes

Bestsellers at SoCal independent booksellers, through Aug. 21. More lists.

Hardcover Fiction
State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles
The Magician King, Lev Grossman
House of Holes, Nicholson Baker
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson

Hardcover Nonfiction
Go the F**k to Sleep, Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortes
Prime Time, Jane Fonda
A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
Bossypants, Tina Fey
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand

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Author note: Greg Critser ("Fat Land," "Generation Rx," and "Eternity Soup") has sold "City of Genius," an oral history of "extreme innovation, extreme wealth,and extreme personalities in Silicon Valley."

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