Comedian Jim Norton hits No. 4 on the Times list with his book of essays, Happy Endings. Fans of the outrageous Opie & Anthony radio show will know who Norton is. For others, his publisher notes that he "is a pervert in the truest sense of the word," is fascinated by horrible sitcoms and fat girls and "is also, at times, racially offensive and morally repugnant." Talk about coming highly recommended.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

• Fiction

1. The Quickie - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99

2. High Noon - Nora Roberts. Putnam, $26.95

3. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $25.95

4. Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $27.95

5. Bungalow 2 - Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $27

• Nonfiction

1. Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Little, Brown, $24.99

2. Quiet Strength - Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. Tyndale, $26.99

3. The Diana Chronicles - Tina Brown. Doubleday, $27.50

4. Happy Endings - Jim Norton. Simon Spotlight, $23.95

5. A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah. Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22

LOCAL BEST SELLERS

• Fiction

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

2. The Maytrees - Annie Dillard

3. KOP - Warren Hammond

4. The Tin Roof Blowdown - James Lee Burke

5. The Secret Servant - Daniel Silva

• Nonfiction

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden

2. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

3. The Assault on Reason - Al Gore

4. Merle's Door - Ted Kerasote

5. New Indians, Old Wars - Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

Local information from the Tattered Cover, Borders Books in Englewood and the Boulder Book Store.

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