PAPERBACKS
Fiction
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)
2. The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud ($14.95)
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($14)
4. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards ($14)
5. Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende ($14.95)
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Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)
2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)
3. The Elements of Style Illustrated by Strunk and White ($15)
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ($15)
5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan ($16)
Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.
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