Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Dec. 21, 2008

Fiction

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

2. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)

3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

($16)

4. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ($14)

5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz ($14)

6. The Appeal by John Grisham ($14)

7. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)

8. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ($19.99)

9. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

10. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

Nonfiction

1. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama ($14.95)

2. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ($7.99)

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

4. Marley & Me by John Grogan ($13.95)

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

6. Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander ($14)

7. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

8. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

9. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein ($16)

10. I Can Has Cheezburger? by Professor Happycat ($10)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.