Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

Fiction

1. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ($14)

2. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan ($14)

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

4. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

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

6. Away by Amy Bloom ($14)

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

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

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

10. The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber ($14.95)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

($15)

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

5. Big Russ & Me by Tim Russert ($13.95)

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

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

8. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver et al ($14.95)

9. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ($15)

10. Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd and Penny Junor ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.