BOOK REVIEW : BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS : LOS ANGELES TIMES Nov. 15, 2009

Fiction

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)

2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14)

5. Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan ($14.99)

Nonfiction

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

2. L.A. Bizarro by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian ($19.95)

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

4. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner ($15.99)

5. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher ($13.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.