PAPERBACKS

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

2. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ($14)

3. Away by Amy Bloom ($14)

Fiction

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

5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ($13.95)

Nonfiction

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

2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

($15)

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

4. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ($14)

5. Big Russ & Me by Tim Russert ($13.95)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.