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local bestsellers

Fiction: 1. "Shadow Tag," by Louise Erdrich ($25.99, Harper); 2. "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett ($24.95, Putnam); 3. "The Girl Who Played With Fire," by Stieg Larsson ($25.95, Knopf); 4. "The Lacuna," by Barbara Kingsolver ($26.99, Harper); 5. "Black Magic Sanction," by Kim Harrison ($25.99, Eos)

Nonfiction: 1. "Game Change," by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin ($27.99, Harper); 2. "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage," by Elizabeth Gilbert ($26.95, Viking); 3. "Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot ($26, Crown); 4. "Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door," by Harvey Mackay ( $25. 95, Portfolio); 5. "Bible Babel," by Kristin Swenson ($24.99, Harper)