PAPERBACKS

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

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

3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

Fiction

4. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards ($14)

5. The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud ($14.95)

Nonfiction

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

2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ($14)

3. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

4. Laurel Canyon by Michael Walker ($14)

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

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.