BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS

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)

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)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.