PAPERBACKS

Fiction

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

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

3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($14)

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

5. Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende ($14.95)

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Nonfiction

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

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

3. The Elements of Style Illustrated by Strunk and White ($15)

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

5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan ($16)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.