Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for March 21, 2010.
| Fiction | Weeks on list | |
| 1. | The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. | 41 |
| 2. | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (Grand Central: $21.99) The ax-wielding president seeks vengeance against vampires for the death of his mother. | 1 |
| 3. | House Rules by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $28) A teenager with Asperger’s syndrome is accused of murder. | 1 |
| 4. | The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. | 29 |
| 5. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) The adventures of Greg Heffley, a wise-cracking kid trying to survive middle school. | 4 |
| 6. | The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $25) An elderly mother and her two grown daughters’Austen-esque lives play out in Westport and Manhattan. | 1 |
| 7. | The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. | 17 |
| 8. | The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (Putnam: $25.95) An American radio reporter links a small Cape Cod village with war-torn Europe. | 2 |
| 9. | The Man From Beijing by Henning Mankell (Knopf: $25.95) A transcontinental search is under way for the truth behind a massacre in a Swedish village. | 3 |
| 10. | Split Image by Robert B. Parker (Putnam: $25.95) Police chief Jesse Stone’s relationship with a PI intensifies over investigations of two separate cases. | 2 |
| 11. | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Collins Design: $16.99) Updated illustrations by Camille Rose Garcia offer a Goth-like twist to the classic tale. | 3 |
| 12. | Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison (Eos: $25.99) Witch-born demon Rachel Morgan battles a white magic coven accusing her of black magic. | 2 |
| 13. | Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam: $25.95) Mystery surrounds the murder of a computer gaming company founder who’s beheaded while playing an imaginary opponent. | 2 |
| 14. | Worst Case by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $27.99) A kidnapper snatches the son of a wealthy N.Y. family and plays a game of Q & A to determine the outcome. | 4 |
| 15. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.95) Greg desires to spend summer vacation indoors despite his mother’s wishes for outdoor family fun. | 16 |
| Nonfiction | ||
| 1. | Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (Harper: $27.99) How the drama of the U.S. presidential campaign of 2008 unfolded. | 9 |
| 2. | Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco: $27) A memoir of the singer’s early days and relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. | 7 |
| 3. | No Apology by Mitt Romney (St. Martin’s: $25.99) The former governor of Massachusetts offers solutions for America to reassert its global strength. | 2 |
| 4. | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Crown: $26) How cancer cells, unknowingly taken from a poor black woman in the 1950s, led to scientific breakthroughs. | 4 |
| 5. | Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch (Scribner: $30) The life and career of baseball’s legendary center fielder. | 2 |
| 6. | Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking: $26.95) After circumstances force her to wed, the author tackles her fears of marriage by delving into the history and background of the institution. | 9 |
| 7. | Jerry West by Roland Lazenby (ESPN: $28) A biography of the NBA star from the coal mines of West Virginia to player, coach and general manager of the L.A. Lakers. | 2 |
| 8. | I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Ayres (Grand Central : $26.99) The heavy metal singer reminisces on his death-defying life. | 6 |
| 9. | Courage and Consequence by Karl Rove (Threshold : $30) The former Bush advisor’s memoir addresses issues including the 2000 presidential campaign and the war in Afghanistan. | 1 |
| 10. | Cro-Magnon by Brian M. Fagan (Bloomsbury Press: $28) The rise of Cro-Magnons and their clash with Neanderthals at a crucial point in humanity’s past. | 1 |
| 11. | Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Little, Brown: $25.99) An examination of and behind-the-scenes look at factory farming. | 7 |
| 12. | Disney’s Alice in Wonderland: The Visual Guide by DK Publishing (DK: $16.99) Photographs, trivia and profiles from the Tim Burton directed movie adaptation. | 1 |
| 13. | The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (Publisher: $26.95) The intertwined real-life stories of four Marines and a navy pilot fighting the Japanese in WW II. | 1 |
| 14. | Book Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide by Rick Riordan (Hyperion: $12.99) An illustrated, in-depth guide to all things about Percy Jackson and Greek mythology. | 6 |
| 15. | The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (Harper: $25.99) A year spent trying to be happier by making small changes in various aspects of daily life. | 6 |
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