The Los Angeles Times Bestseller Lists for August 1, 2010

Topping the fiction list this week is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. It is the final book of the Millennium Trilogy. The first two books are The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire.
The Library just received the first movie in the trilogy -- Roger Ebert says: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story. She's a 24-year-old goth girl named Lisbeth Salander....... [Note: it is in Swedish with English subtitles ... but well worth it.]

The Help by Kathryn Stockett has been on the bestseller list for 60 weeks now. It is a story about how the Southern lives of a maid, cook and college graduate intertwine.

There are several titles that are new to the list this week:

• Faithful Place by Tana French (An Irish undercover cop investigates the discovery of an old girlfriend's body.)
• The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke (Detective Dave Robicheaux investigates a serial killer and his daughter's dangerous new boyfriend.)
• Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner (A mother and her daughters find comfort after an affair.)
• The Obama Diaries by Laura Ingraham (A satirical look at fictional diaries of the Obamas.)
• The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (Murder and a stolen Rembrandt portrait.)
• The Beaufort Diaries by T. Cooper (A polar bear tries to survive the Hollywood rat race with help from Leonardo DiCaprio.)
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The non-fiction bestseller list is an eclectic mix of titles -- here is a sampling:

• Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (A gastronome's journey for foodies everywhere.)
• Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (The author tackles her fears of marriage by delving into the institution's history.)
• Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth (How the connection between eating and core beliefs brings fulfillment.)

The complete list of the Los Angeles Times fiction and nonfiction bestsellers can be found here.

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction--July 25, 2010

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
7. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
8. The Passage by Justin Cronin
9. Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
10. The Lion by Nelson DeMille
11. Private by James Patterson
12. Savages by Don Winslow
13. Innocent by Scott Turow
14. Point Dume by Katie Arnoldi
15. Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
16. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
17. The Search by Nora Roberts
18. The Overton Window by Glenn Beck
19. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
20. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction--July 25, 2010

1. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
2. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
3. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
4. War by Sebastian Junger
5. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
6. Role Models by John Waters
7. Furious Love by Nancy Schoenberger and Sam Kashner
8. Orange Sunshine by Nicolas Schou
9. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
10. Fifth Avenue, A.M. by Sam Easson
11. Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens
12. Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees
13. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body by Daniel G. Amen
14. Golden Gate by Kevin Starr
15. The Shallows by Nicolas Carr
16. LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by DK Publishing
17. Seven Events That Made America by Larry Schweikart
18. 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School by Louis Eguaras
19. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
20. The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Fiction--July 18, 2010

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by david Mitchell
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
5. Innocent by Scott Turow
6. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
7. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
8. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
9. Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
10. Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
11. Private by James Patterson
12. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
13. The Passage by Justin Cronin
14. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
15. The Overton Window by Glenn Beck
16. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
17. The Lion by Nelson DeMille
18. Point Dume by Kate Arnoldi
19. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
20. The Search by Nora Roberts

Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for Non-Fiction -- July 18, 2010

1. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
2. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
3. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
4. Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens
5. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson
6. Orange Sunshine by Nicholas Schou
7. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
8. Role Models by John Waters
9. War by Sebastian Junger
10. Just Kids by Patti smith
11. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
12. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
13. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
14. The Promise by Jonathan Alter
15. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body by Daniel G. Amen
16. Furious Love by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger
17. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
18. Churchill by Paul Johnson
19. Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre
20 Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

Los Angeles Time Fiction Bestseller List -- July 11, 2010

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. The Passage by Justin Cronin
3. Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
4. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
5. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
6. Innocent by Scott Turow
7. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
8. Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
9. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. the Overton Window by Glenn Beck
12. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
13. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
14. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
15. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
16. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
17. The Lion by Nelson DeMille
18. The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse
19. Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz
20. Private by James Patterson

Los Angeles Time Non-fiction Bestseller List - July 11, 2010

1. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
2. Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens
3. Sh*t by Dad Says by Justin Halpern
4. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
5. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
6. The Promise by Jonathan Alter
7. Role Models by John Waters
8. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
9. You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh
10. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body by Daniel G. Amen
11. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
12. Psychic by Sylvia Browne
13. Furious Love by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger
14. Strenghts Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
15. War by Sebastian Junger
16. Cake Wrecks by Jen Yates
17. Just Kids by Patti Smith
18. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
19. The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman
20. Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar