BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.

*--* SO. CAL. RATING Fiction 1 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (Penguin: $14) A father hides the birth of a twin from his wife.

2 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco: $13) An Andalusian shepherd boy searches for treasure in Egypt.

3 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Grove: $14) A retired judge is caught up in Nepal’s independence movement.

4 Talking to the Moon by Noel Alumit (Carroll & Graf: $14.95) A Filipino postman confronts his fears after being shot.

5 Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes by T Cooper (Plume: $14) The tale of a Russian immigrant and her heirs.

6 Naruto, Vol. 13 by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media: $7.95) A 12-year-old ninja in training struggles to excel.

7 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House: $13.95) Two women in 19th century China.

8 Exile: Legacy of the Force by Aaron Allston (Del Rey: $7.99) Jedi Jacen Solo battles Lumiya, the Dark Lady of the Sith.

9 Remainder by Tom McCarthy (Vintage: $13.95) A man with amnesia reenacts events recalled or imagined.

10 Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (Ballantine: $14.95) Burma Road tourists make darkly humorous missteps.

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*--* SO. CAL. RATING Nonfiction 1 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Vintage: $13.95) A meditation on grief and survival.

2 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin: $15) A journey of self-discovery in Italy, India and Indonesia.

3 The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco: $14.95) The actor on his values.

4 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $12.95) A code of conduct based on Toltec wisdom.

5 Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers: $14.95) The senator traces his mixed-race heritage.

6 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner: $14) A memoir of breaking away from dysfunctional parents.

7 Night by Elie Wiesel (Hill & Wang: $9) A teenager’s harrowing year spent in four concentration camps.

8 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: $14) How to attain enlightenment by living in the now.

9 Greenopia edited by Ferris Kawar (Green Media Group: $12.95) Living green in Los Angeles.

10 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin: $15) Promoting world peace by building schools.

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