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1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Hyperion, $21.95): A book based on a lecture about living given by a university professor who died in July of pancreatic cancer at 47.
2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $10.99 paper): The first book in the young adult series featuring vampires and romance.
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $19.99): Book No. 3 in the young adult vampire love saga.
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $22.99): The fourth and final book in the young-adult “Twilight” series about a teenager and her vampire boyfriend.
5. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC Comics, $19.99 paper): A graphic novel first published in 1986 touches on Cold War and nuclear arms race themes.
