March 15, 2009
Fiction


1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ($13.95)

2. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)

3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

4. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ($19.99)

5. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz ($14)

7. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks ($15)

8. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ($14)

9. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld ($15)

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

Nonfiction

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

2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

3. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

4. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman ($9.99)

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

6. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

7. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

8. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($7.99)

9. Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader's Edition) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin($8.99)

10. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.