L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

1.”Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook” (Hungry Minds, $16.95). More than 500 recipes for the famous diet plan.

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2 “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by Robert C. Atkins (Avon Books, $7.50). A revised how-to from the diet guru.

Last Week: 2

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3. “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin, $25). A condemnation of the national pastime, now in paperback.

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 43

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4.”Kitchen Confidential” by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco Press, $14 ). Confessions of cooking’s bad boy.

Last Week: 7

Weeks on List: 82

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5. “Weight Watchers Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes” (Hungry Minds, $17.95). Favorites to make for your family.

Last Week: 5

Weeks on List: 4

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6. “Make It In Minutes: Easy Recipes in 15, 20 and 30 Minutes” by Weight Watchers (Hungry Minds, $17.95). Quick meals from the famous diet plan.

Last Week: 6

Weeks on List: 5

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7. Salt: A World History” by Mark Kurlansky (Walker and Co., $28). How one rock has shaped civilization.

Last Week: 8

Weeks on List: 2

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8. “How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking” by Nigella Lawson (Hyperion, $35). Cookies, cupcakes and pies to make you feel like one too.

Last Week: 10

Weeks on List: 10

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“Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen” by Lidia Bastianich (Knopf, $35). Recipes from merged cultures, based on the companion TV show.

Last Week: 3

Weeks on List: 11

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“Low-Carb Meals in Minutes” by Linda Gassenheimer (Bay Books, $18.95). Fast ways to do the low-carb thing.

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Weeks on List: 3

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of national and independent cookbook sellers.