The new bestseller lists are in, covering sales in local independent bookstores. Here’s your roundup of the top reads in SoCal for all you bookworms…
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett
2. The First Rule
Robert Crais
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson
4. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver
5. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert
2. Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
3. Just Kids
Patti Smith
4. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson
5. Open
Andre Agassi
Trade Fiction
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
4. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
5. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann
