Los Angeles Times bestsellers for April 26, 2009
| Fiction | weeks on list | |
| 1. | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. | 37 |
| 2. | Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. | 40 |
| 3. | 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. | 37 |
| 4. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. | 13 |
| 5. | Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $27.95) Private eye Myron Bolitar takes the case of a woman accused of murdering her ex. | 3 |
| 6. | The Women by T.C. Boyle (Viking: $27.95) Frank Lloyd Wright’s life as told by four women who loved him. | 9 |
| 7. | Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster: $24) The lives of two married British journalists and a Nigerian teenager collide. | 7 |
| 8. | The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) Aliens take over the minds of humans. | 35 |
| 9. | The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead: $25.95) A former bad guy turned P.I. tries to redeem himself. | 3 |
| 10. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $24.95) A journalist explores the cold-case disappearance of a Swedish teen heiress. | 12 |
| 11. | The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A law school grad’s dark secret is used to blackmail him into stealing files from a law firm. | 11 |
| 12. | The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Harper: $23.95) A dog’s-eye view of love, loyalty and sacrifice. | 15 |
| 13. | Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Roc: $25.95) A wizard detective must uncover a traitor to clear an acquaintance from his youth of murder. | 2 |
| 14. | True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) Two crime-solving brothers find themselves working the same missing-persons case. | 3 |
| 15. | Evidence by Mary Oliver (Beacon : $23) A collection of new poems on the spiritual sustenance of grief, mortality, love and nature. | 1 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions: $25) The talk-radio personality’s call to revitalize the conservative vision in America. | 4 |
| 2. | Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey ( Amistad: $23.99) The talk-show host lets women inside the mind-set of a man. | 11 |
| 3. | Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) An exploration of the background of high achievers. | 22 |
| 4. | House of Cards by William D. Cohan (Doubleday: $27.95) A narrative chronicling the fall of Bear Stearns and the Wall Street meltdown. | 5 |
| 5. | Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion: $25.99) The actor’s emotional and spiritual outlook in his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. | 3 |
| 6. | The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Doubleday: $27.50) Col. Percy Fawcett’s quest to find an ancient Amazonian society. | 6 |
| 7. | In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms by Laura Schlessinger (Harper: $25.99) The family therapist provides advice and support to mothers choosing to stay at home with their children. | 1 |
| 8. | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion: $21.95) A professor’s terminal cancer inspires a call to seize life’s moments. | 50 |
| 9. | Cloris by Cloris Leachman ( Kensington: $24) The award-winning actress discusses her life and career in the spotlight. | 1 |
| 10. | The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (Crown: $19.95) A blueprint for living life on your own terms. | 16 |
| 11. | This Is Water by David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown: $14.99) Thoughts and advice from a 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College. | 1 |
| 12. | How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin: $25) Insight and understanding of human decision-making. | 6 |
| 13. | The Yankee Years by Joe Torre (Doubleday: $26.95) Behind the scenes of what it really took to keep the Yankees on top. | 11 |
| 14. | Columbine by Dave Cullen (Twelve: $26.99) A journalist reconstructs the psychological journey of two teenage boys who became killers. | 1 |
| 15. | My Booky Wook by Russell Brand (Collins: $25.99) The British comedian’s memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up comedy. | 2 |
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