Los Angeles Times Bestsellers -- August 22, 2010

Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
3. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
4. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
5. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
6. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
7. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
9. Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
10. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
11. My Hollywood by Mona Simpson
12. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
13. Star Wars: The Old Republic by Sean Williams
14. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
15. Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
16. The Beaufort Diaries by T. Cooper
17. The Obama Diaries by Laura Ingraham
18. The Passage by Justin Cronin
19. Kraken by China Mieville
20. Private by James Patterson

Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
1. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
2. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
3. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
4. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson
5. Angelina by Andrew Morton
6. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
7. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
8. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
9. Orange Sunshine by Nicholas Schou
10. Strengths Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath
11. Portrait of An Addict As a Young Man by Bill Clegg
12. Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
13. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
14. Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich
15. Just Kids by Patti Smith
16. Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
17. Suck It, Wonder Woman by Olivia Munn
18. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
19. You Are Here by Thich Naht Hanh
20. Los Angeles: Portrait of a City by Kevin Starr

Los Angeles Times Bestseller Lists for August 15, 2010

Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers:
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
3. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
6. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
8. The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
9. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
10. Star Wars: The Old Republic by Sean Williams
11. Savages by Don Winslow
12. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
13. Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
14. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
15. The Obama Diaries by Laura Ingraham
16. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
17. Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
18. Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
19. The Passage by Justin Cronin
20. Private by James Patterson

Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
1. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
2. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
3. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
4. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
7. Orange Sunshine by Nicholas Schou
8. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
9. War by Sebastian Junger
10. Furious Love by Nancy Schoenberger
11. Just Kids by Patti Smith
12. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
13. Role Models by John Waters
14. LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by DK Publishing
15. You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh
16. Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling
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18. Getting Pretty Back by Molly Ringwald
19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie Diary by Jeff Kinney
20. Strengths Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath