Proving that we're all suckers for a story of redemption, Duane Chapman's You Can Run but You Can't Hide hits No. 1 on the Times list. Press material notes that the criminal-turned-bounty hunter "went from ex-con to American icon." Nice turn of phrase - but icon? Put Chapman on alert: Someone should be arrested for that absurd overstatement .

THE NEW YORK TIMES

• Fiction

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

2. Devil May Cry - Sherrilyn Kenyon. St. Martin's, $19.95

3. The Quickie - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99

4. Sandworms of Dune - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. Tor/Tom Doherty, $27.95

5. The Secret Servant - Daniel Silva. Putnam, $25.95

• Nonfiction 1. You Can Run but You Can't Hide - Duane Chapman with Laura Morton. Hyperion, $25.95

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

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

4. It's All About Him - Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn. Thomas Nelson, $24.99

5. God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens. Twelve, $24.99

LOCAL BEST-SELLERS

• Fiction

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

2. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

3. Sweet Revenge - Diane Mott Davidson

4. Spook Country - William Gibson

5. Red Rover - Dierdre McNamer

• Nonfiction

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

2. God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens

3. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara and Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp

5. What Smart Couples Know - Patricia Covalt

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

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