Los Angeles Times bestsellers (paperback) for Feb. 14, 2010

Fiction

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)

2. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

($13.99)

3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

4. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

($7.99)

5. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

($15)

6. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

7. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

8. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

9. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan ($7.99)

10. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

Nonfiction

1. The Lost City of Z by David Grann

($15.95)

2. A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

($18.95)

3. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme ($15)

4. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

5. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)

6. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler ($15)

7. L.A. Bizarro by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian ($19.95)

8. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis ($13.95)

9. How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

($14.95)

10. Our Choice by Al Gore ($26.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.