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1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $15.36): A book based on a lecture about living, given by a university professor with terminal cancer.
2. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $18.19): A woman resists the extraterrestrial that has taken control of her mind.
3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $10.99): The first novel in a series about teenager Bella Swan who moves to Washington state, where she falls in love with sexy classmate Edward Cullen — who’s a vampire.
4. Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $18.90): Odd Thomas is a young fry cook with occult powers that bring him new friends and enemies.
5. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $19.99): The sequel to “Twilight” continues the story of Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen.
