1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)
2. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ($14)
3. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan ($13.95)
Fiction
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)
5. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon ($15.95)
Nonfiction
1. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ($14)
2. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($14.95)
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)
4. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
($15)
5. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ($14)
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Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.