Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Jan. 17, 2010

Fiction

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

2. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

($15)

3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14)

4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

($16.99)

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

6. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

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

8. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($14.95)

9. The Private Patient by P.D. James ($15)

10. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

($7.99)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

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

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

6. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor ($15)

7. The World Almanac & Book of Facts 2010 by World Almanac Books

($12.99)

8. The Family by Jeff Sharlet ($15.99)

9. Grandma’s Dead by Amanda Mccall and Ben Schwartz

($9.99)

10. Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton

($15.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.