April tops picks

FICTION

1. KICKBOXlNG GEISHAS: HOW MODERN JAPANESE WOMEN ARE CHANGING THEIR NATION (Free Press, $27) by Veronica Chambers.

2. GOLD DIGGERS (Harlem Moon/Broadway, $12.95) by Tracie Howard.

3. CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKIE CHEERLEADER (One World/Ballantine, $13.95) by Erika J. Kendrick.

4. LOVE & LIES (William Morrow/ HarperCollins, $23.95) by Kimberla Lawson Roby.

5. REDEMPTION (NAL Praise/Penguin, $22.95) by Jacquelin Thomas.

NONFICTION

1. ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (Simon & Schuster, $26) by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with Raymond Obstfeld.

2. RULING OVER MONARCHS, GIANTS & STARS: UMPIRING IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND BEYOND (Sports Publishing, $16.95) by Bob Motley with Byron Motley, with forewords by Larry Lester and Dionne Warwick.

3. THIS LIFE IS A JOURNEY (Publish America, $19.95) by Bruce Wallace, with a foreword by Mary Ida Vandross, mother of the late Luther Vandross.

4. PIMPS UP, HO'S DOWN: HIP HOP'S HOLD ON YOUNG BLACK WOMEN (NYU Press, $22.95) by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting.

5. CAMPUS CEO: THE STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO LAUNCHING A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS (Kaplan Publishing, $16.95) by Randal Pinkett.

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