Paperback bestsellers

Fiction

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

2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

($16.99)

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

4. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

5. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann ($15)

Nonfiction

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

2. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis ($13.95)

3. The World Almanac & Book of Facts 2010 by World Almanac Books ($12.99)

4. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme ($15)

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

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.