Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Dec. 6, 2009

Fiction

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

2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

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

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14)

5. Push by Sapphire ($13)

6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

7. Precious (movie tie-in) by Sapphire ($13)

8. The Private Patient by P. D. James

($15)

9. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee

($15)

10. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ($14.99)

Nonfiction

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

2. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

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

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

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

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

7. Our Choice by Al Gore ($26.99)

8. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell ($14.99)

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

10. Clean Energy Common Sense by Frances Beinecke and Bob Deans

($9.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.