Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)

3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

4. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon ($15.95)

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

6. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan ($13.95)

7. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan ($14)

8. In the Woods by Tana French ($14)

9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($16)

10. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich ($7.99)

Nonfiction

1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

($15)

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

3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($14.95)

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

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

6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ($14.95)

7. Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert ($13.95)

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

9. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron ($12.95)

10. Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön ($6.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.