Paperback bestsellers

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 Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee ($15)

5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ($14.99)

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. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

($8.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.