Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for March 28, 2010.
| Fiction | Weeks on list | |
| 1. | The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. | 42 |
| 2. | House Rules by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $28) A teenager with Asperger’s syndrome is accused of murder. | 2 |
| 3. | The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. | 30 |
| 4. | The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler (Putnam: $27.95) A search is afoot for buried pirate treasure on a small island off the coast of Washington. | 1 |
| 5. | Angelology by Danielle Trussoni (Viking: $27.95) A nun races to find a secret artifact before the evil Nephilim, a race of fallen angels, find it. | 1 |
| 6. | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (Grand Central: $21.99) The ax-wielding president seeks vengeance against vampires for the death of his mother. | 2 |
| 7. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) The adventures of Greg Heffley, a wise-cracking kid trying to survive middle school. | 5 |
| 8. | The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $25) An elderly mother and her two grown daughters’Austen-esque lives play out in Connecticut and Manhattan. | 2 |
| 9. | The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $26.99) A writer’s escapades encompass 1930s Mexican artist communities and Cold War America. | 13 |
| 10. | Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Random House: $25) An English widower fights to keep greedy relatives from selling a valuable family heirloom. | 1 |
| 11. | Split Image by Robert B. Parker (Putnam: $25.95) Police chief Jesse Stone’s relationship with a PI intensifies over investigations of two separate cases. | 3 |
| 12. | The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (Putnam: $25.95) An American radio reporter links a small Cape Cod village with war-torn Europe. | 3 |
| 13. | Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell. | 17 |
| 14. | The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee (Riverhead: $26.95) Events at a Korean orphanage reach across decades, stirring memories of love and war. | 1 |
| 15. | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Collins Design: $16.99) Updated illustrations by Camille Rose Garcia offer a Goth-like twist to the classic tale. | 4 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (Harper: $27.99) How the drama of the U.S. presidential campaign of 2008 unfolded. | 10 |
| 2. | Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Little, Brown: $25.99) An examination of and behind-the-scenes look at factory farming. | 8 |
| 3. | Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco: $27) A memoir of the singer’s early days and relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. | 8 |
| 4. | Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central: $25.99) Essays, practical jokes and amusing tales from the comic’s personal life. | 1 |
| 5. | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Crown: $26) How cancer cells, unknowingly taken from a poor black woman in the 1950s, led to scientific breakthroughs. | 5 |
| 6. | Courage and Consequence by Karl Rove (Threshold: $30) The former Bush advisor’s memoir addresses issues including the 2000 presidential campaign and the war in Afghanistan. | 2 |
| 7. | Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch (Scribner: $30) The life and career of baseball’s legendary center fielder. | 3 |
| 8. | The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (Publisher: $26.95) The intertwined real-life stories of four Marines and a navy pilot fighting the Japanese in WW II. | 2 |
| 9. | Free for All by Kenneth Turan (Doubleday: $39.95) A history of the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater and its producer Joe Papp. | 3 |
| 10. | American Conspiracies by Jesse Ventura (Skyhorse: $24.95) The former pro-wrestler and politician investigates popular conspiracy theories. | 1 |
| 11. | I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Ayres (Grand Central: $26.99) The heavy metal singer reminisces on his death-defying life. | 7 |
| 12. | The Big Short by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton: $27.95) An account of how the U.S. economy was driven to collapse by the bond and real estate markets. | 1 |
| 13. | Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking: $26.95) After circumstances force her to wed, the author tackles her fears of marriage by delving into the history and background of the institution. | 10 |
| 14. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie Diary by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $14.95) Behind the scenes of the making of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie. | 1 |
| 15. | Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt (Ecco: $21.99) Everyday domestic routines help an extended family cope with the sudden loss of a mother, wife and daughter. | 1 |
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