Los Angeles Times Bestsellers

Fiction

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

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

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

4. Peony in Love by Lisa See ($14)

5. Romeo & Juliet: The Graphic Novel by Matt Wiegle ($9.95)

6. The Gathering by Anne Enright ($14)

7. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black ($14)

8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

9. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris ($13.99)

10. The Woods by Harlan Coben ($9.99)

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. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins ($15.95)

6. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali ($15)

7. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz ($12.95)

8. A People’s History of American Empire by Howard Zinn et al. ($17)

9. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ($13.95)

10. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey ($12.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.