Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Jan. 24, 2010

Fiction

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)

2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

($16.99)

3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

4. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

5. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

($15)

6. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

7. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee ($15)

8. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

($14.95)

9. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

10. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ($14.99)

Nonfiction

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

2. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis ($13.95)

3. The World Almanac & Book of Facts 2010 by World Almanac Books ($12.99)

4. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme ($15)

5. L.A. Bizarro by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian ($19.95)

6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ($14.99)

7. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

8. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler ($15)

9. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers ($15)

10. Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton

($15.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.