PAPERBACKS

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($13.95)

2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky ($14.95)

3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ($15)

Fiction

4. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

5. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ($15)

-- Nonfiction

1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)

2. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ($13.95)

3. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin ($13.95)

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

5. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey ($12.99)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.