FictionSILENT WITNESS by Richard North Patterson. (Knopf:...

Fiction

SILENT WITNESS by Richard North Patterson. (Knopf: $25.95) See review on Page 10. . Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 2

HORNET’S NEST by Patricia D. Cornwell. (Putnam: $25.95). Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

THE CLINIC by Jonathan Kellerman. (Bantam: $24.95) Alex Delaware must unlock the secrets of a murdered psychology professor before he can catch her killer (3). Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 2; Week on List: 3

TRUNK MUSIC by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown: $23.95) Odd clues from a Mafia hit send Harry Bosch to Las Vegas and into the middle of a deadly scheme. Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: 5; Week on List: 2

GONE FISHIN’ by Walter Mosley. (Black Classic Press: $22) A prequel to the Easy Rawlins’ series, when Easy and Mouse were younger, but life was still dangerous. Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: 7; Week on List: 2

THE UNLIKELY SPY by Daniel Silva. (Random House: $25) A clumsy professor crosses swords with a Nazi spy to protect the plans for a Normandy invasion. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

AIRFRAME by Michael Crichton (Alfred A. Knopf: $26) A mysterious glitch threatens the production of a profitable jetliner (1). Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 7

THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS by Scott Turow. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $26.95) (6)*. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: 4; Week on List: 13

THE FALLEN MAN by Tony Hillerman. (HarperCollins: $24) Two sleuths track a killer after finding a human skeleton at the top of a Navajo shrine (7)*. Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: 8; Week on List: 13

ALIAS GRACE by Margaret Atwood. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: $24.95) A 19th century psychologist helps a murderess with memory loss to recall her crime (13). Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: 6; Week on List: 9

Nonfiction

MASTERING THE ZONE: The Art of Achieving SuperHealth by Barry Sears with Mary Goodbody. (ReganBooks: $24) (7). Southern California ranking: 1; Last Weeks: 2; Week on List: 2

THE ZONE by Barry Sears with Bill Lawren. (HarperCollins/ReganBooks: $22) (8)*. Southern California ranking: 2; Last Weeks: 1; Week on List: 45

ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt. (Scribner: $24) A memoir of childhood in a gloomy Irish city (5). Southern California ranking: 3; Last Weeks: 3; Week on List: 13

SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach. (Warner: $17.95) A collection of meditations to take women through a year of self-discovery (4). Southern California ranking: 4; Last Weeks: 5; Week on List: 23

A REPORTER’S LIFE by Walter Cronkite. (Alfred A. Knopf: $26.95) (1)*. Southern California ranking: 5; Last Weeks: 4; Week on List: 6

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING: You’ll Never Make Love in This Town Again, Again by Michelle, Lisa, Sophie, Jewel, Tatiana and Jennifer as told to Joanne Parrent. (Dove Books: $22.95) Young women with dreams of stardom fall prey to Hollywood’s power brokers. Southern California ranking: 6; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 2

THE BROWN DERBY RESTAURANT: A Hollywood Legend by Sally Wright Cobb and Mark Willems. (Rizzoli: $30) Gossip and photos galore about the stars’ favorite eateries, plus recipes. Southern California ranking: 7; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 3

AN EASY BURDEN: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America by Andrew Young. (HarperCollins: $27.50) A civil rights history by the former congressman who started as Martin Luther King Jr.’s aide. Southern California ranking: 8; Last Weeks: --; Week on List: 1

THE PATH TO LOVE: Renewing the Power of Spirit in Your Life by Deepak Chopra. (Harmony/Crown: $24) (14). Southern California ranking: 9; Last Weeks: 8; Week on List: 4

DOWN IN THE GARDEN by Anne Geddes. (Cedco Publishing: $39.95) Adorable infants posed as flowers, peas in a pod and other floral delights. Southern California ranking: 10; Last Weeks: 7; Week on List: 7

Paperbacks: FICTION

1. THE ENGLISH PATIENT by Michael Ondaatje. (Vintage: $11)

2. THE BOOK OF RUTH by Jane Hamilton. (Anchor: $11.95)

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

4. THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Amy Tan. (Ballantine: $6.99)

5. THE POET by Michael Connelly. (Warner: $6.99)

Paperbacks: NONFICTION

1. ZAGAT SURVEY 1997 LOS ANGELES/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT GUIDE 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. THE RULES: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider. (Warner: $14.95)

4. CONVERSATIONS WITH MY AGENT by Rob Long. (Viking: $15.95)

5. VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND by Wislawa Szymborska. (Harcourt Brace and Company: $12)

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). For early information on Times bestsellers, call (213) 237-4336 after 11 a.m. Wednesdays.