PAPERBACKS

Fiction

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

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

3. Simple Genius by David Baldacci ($9.99)

4. The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($15)

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 Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

5. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.