Los Angeles Times bestsellers
| Fiction | Weeks on list | |
| 1. | The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $26.99) A luckless attorney defends a studio executive accused of offing his wife and her lover. | 3 |
| 2. | A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré (Scribner: $28) Turkish Muslims in Germany take in a homeless man who turns out to be a terrorist. | 3 |
| 3. | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle à la “Hamlet.” | 16 |
| 4. | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the Twilight saga finds Bella choosing immortality. | 13 |
| 5. | Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. | 16 |
| 6. | Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn (Atria: $27.95) CIA operative Mitch Rapp attempts to foil a terrorist plot on American soil while in Afghanistan. | 1 |
| 7. | The Gate House by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central: $27.99) A man and his ex-wife attempt to reconcile years after her affair with a mob boss. | 1 |
| 8. | A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire (William Morrow: $26.95) In the third part of the “Wicked Years,” it’s the Cowardly Lion’s turn to shine | 2 |
| 9. | Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf: $27.50) Eragon, along with his dragon Saphira, must unite the rebel forces to defeat King Galbatorix. | 6 |
| 10. | The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central: $24.99) A former Marine searches for an unknown woman in a photograph. | 4 |
| 11. | The Given Day by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow: $27.95) Two Boston families struggle with political and social unrest after WWI. | 3 |
| 12. | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. | 13 |
| 13. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $24.95) A journalist explores the cold-case disappearance of a Swedish teen heiress. | 6 |
| 14. | The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Harper: $23.95) A dog’s-eye view of love, loyalty and sacrifice. | 15 |
| 15. | The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.95) A historical tale of the years in captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots. | 6 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | The Snowball by Alice Schroeder (Bantam: $35) The life and times of investor Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha.” | 4 |
| 2. | Dewey by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (Grand Central: $19.99) The impact a cat named Dewey Readmore Books had on an Iowa library and its patrons. | 5 |
| 3. | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Random House: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. | 28 |
| 4. | Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $27.95) Solutions to overpopulation and the global-warming crisis. | 8 |
| 5. | Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (Little, Brown: $14.99) A parody of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.” | 15 |
| 6. | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly (Broadway: $26) The Fox News commentator explores his childhood and the impact it had on his life. | 5 |
| 7. | Here’s the Story by Maureen McCormick (William Morrow: $25.95) “The Brady Bunch” star shares her memoirs. | 2 |
| 8. | My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (Penguin: $24.95) A brain scientist shares her journey of recovery and insight from loss of brain function. | 7 |
| 9. | Don’t Mind If I Do by George Hamilton (Touchstone: $26) The man with the perennial tan reflects on his Hollywood life. | 1 |
| 10. | The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (Crown: $19.95) Living life on your own terms. | 13 |
| 11. | Being Catholic Now by Kerry Kennedy (Crown: $24.95) A reexamination of faith told through the voices of 37 American Catholics. | 1 |
| 12. | Just Who Will You Be? by Maria Shriver (Hyperion: $14.95) Ask who, not what, you want to be. | 13 |
| 13. | Pieces of My Heart by Robert J. Wagner and Scott Eyman (HarperEntertainment: $25.95) A memoir of the actor’s five decades in show business. | 5 |
| 14. | The War Within by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster: $32) The dangers of unwarranted secrecy during the Iraq war. | 4 |
| 15. | When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $25.99) Musings on life and smoking. | 20 |
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