Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Jan. 17, 2010
Fiction
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)
2. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
($15)
3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
($16.99)
5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)
6. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
($7.99)
7. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee ($15)
8. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)
9. The Private Patient by P.D. James ($15)
10. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
($7.99)
Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)
2. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis ($13.95)
3. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme ($15)
4. L.A. Bizarro by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian ($19.95)
5. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ($14.99)
6. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor ($15)
7. The World Almanac & Book of Facts 2010 by World Almanac Books
($12.99)
8. The Family by Jeff Sharlet ($15.99)
9. Grandma’s Dead by Amanda Mccall and Ben Schwartz
($9.99)
10. Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton
($15.95)
Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.
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