Los Angeles Times bestsellers for May 17, 2009

Fiction

1. City of Thieves by David Benioff ($15)

2. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri ($15)

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

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

5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

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

8. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ($16)

9. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

10. The Bourne Sanction by Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader ($9.99)

Nonfiction

1. The Soloist by Steve Lopez ($15)

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

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

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

5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ($14.99)

7. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max ($15.95)

8. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan ($14.95)

9. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut ($15)

10. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens ($14.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.