Take the money and run: No sooner had Charles Givens' Wealth Without Risk slipped from the nonfiction list than his latest book, Financial Self-Defense, took its place. It appears this week at No. 8. Although Givens' permissiveness about tax deductions worries many experts, the public evidently enjoys his boldness. WEEKS FICTION ON LIST 1 The Plains of Passage 8 Jean Auel, Crown, $24.95 2 The Witching Hour 5 Anne Rice, Knopf, $24.95 3 Four Past Midnight 13 Stephen King, Viking, $22.95 4 Dazzle 2 Judith Krantz, Crown, $21.95 5 Longshot 7 Dick Francis, Putnam, $19.95 6 Jurassic Park 3 Michael Crichton, Knopf, $19.95 7 Memories of Midnight 16 Sidney Sheldon, Morrow, $21.95 8 The Ruby Knight 3 David Eddings, Del Rey, $19.95 9 Lady Boss 10 Jackie Collins, Simon & Schuster, $21.95 10 The First Man in Rome 10 Colleen McCullough, Morrow, $22.95

NONFICTION 1 A Life On The Road 4 Charles Kuralt, Putnam, $18.95 2 The Civil War: An Illustrated History 10 Geoffrey Ward et al., Knopf, $50 3 Bo Knows Bo 3 Bo Jackson with Dick Schaap, Doubleday, $18.95 4 Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush 11 Mildred Kerr Bush, Morrow, $17.95 5 The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Your Immigrant Heritage 2 Jeff Smith, Morrow, $17.95 6 Get to the Heart: My Story 12 Barbara Mandrell with George Vecsey, Bantam, $19.95 7 Ronald Reagan: An American Life 3 Ronald Reagan, Simon & Schuster, $24.95 8 Financial Self-Defense: How to Stop Getting Taken and Start Making Money 1 Charles Givens, Simon & Schuster, $22.95 9 The Cat and The Curmudgeon 3 Cleveland Amory, Little, Brown, $17.95 10 By Way of Deception 11 Victor Ostrovsky, St. Martin's, $22.95