Paperbacks bestsellers

Fiction

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)

2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See ($15)

3. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann ($15)

4. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan ($7.99)

5. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ($7.99)

Nonfiction

1. The Lost City of Z by David Grann ($15.95)

2. A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn ($18.95)

3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

4. L.A. Bizarro by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian ($19.95)

5. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler ($16)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.