BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon ($15.95)

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

Fiction

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

5. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs ($14)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

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

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

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.