| 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. | 40 |
| 2. | The Man From Beijing by Henning Mankell (Knopf: $25.95) A transcontinental search is under way for the truth behind a massacre in a Swedish village. | 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. | 28 |
| 4. | 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. | 1 |
| 5. | Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison (Eos: $25.99) Witch-born demon Rachel Morgan battles a white magic coven accusing her of black magic. | 1 |
| 6. | Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam: $25.95) Mystery surrounds the murder of the founder of a computer gaming company who's beheaded while playing an imaginary opponent. | 1 |
| 7. | The Infinities by John Banville (Knopf: $25.95) A tale of love, family and a dying mathematician, all overseen by Greek gods. | 1 |
| 8. | The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. | 16 |
| 9. | 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. | 3 |
| 10. | Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett (Nan A. Talese: $26) A high school senior finds himself in the middle of a fight between a banking tycoon and a history teacher over a piece of land. | 1 |
| 11. | Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke (Kensington: $24) Amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen investigates the murder of her ex-lover during a town fundraiser. | 1 |
| 12. | Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Scribner: $26) The story of a hard-knock gal who raised horses and survived floods and the Depression. | 6 |
| 13. | Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (Harper: $25.99) A woman struggles to understand and quite possibly escape her loveless marriage to a downtrodden painter. | 4 |
| 14. | Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (Knopf: $25.95) The short-story master explores women and their relationships in 10 new stories. | 11 |
| 15. | The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $26.99) A writer's escapades encompass 1930s Mexican artist communities and Cold War America. | 13 |
L.A. for less than the price of sunblock. 
