Fiction
1. “Swollen,” by Melissa Lion, cloth, Knopf, $15.95
2. “Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, paper, Penguin, $14
3. “Series of Unfortunate Events #11: The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket, cloth,” HarperCollins, $11.99
4. “Tijuana Straits,” Kem Nunn, cloth, Simon & Schuster, $25
5. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time,” Mark Haddon, paper, Random House, $12
6. “The Dogs of Winter,” Kem Nunn, paper, Simon & Schuster, $14
7. “Bangkok 8,” John Burdett, paper, Random House, $12.95
8. “Middlesex,” Jeffrey Eugenides, paper, Picador, $15
9. “Colors Insulting to Nature,” Cintra Wilson, cloth, Harper, $24.95
10. “Motherless Brooklyn,” Jonathan Lethem, paper, Knopf, $13.95
Nonfiction
1. “Tequila Mockingbird,” Leo Cullum, cloth, Abrams, $19.95
2. “Scotch & Toilet Water?” Leo Cullum, cloth, Abrams, $19.95
3. “My California,” ed. Donna Wares, paper, Angel City Press, $16.95
4. “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America the Book: A Citizens Guide to Democracy Inaction,” Writers of the Daily Show, cloth, Warner Books, $24.95
5. “9/11 Commission Report, 9/11 Commission,” paper, W.W. Norton, $10
6. “Where I Was From,” Joan Didion, paper, Vintage Books, $13.95
7. “The Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, the 1990s,” Kevin Starr, cloth, Knopf, $35
8. “The Art of Happiness at Work,” Dalai Lama, paper, Penguin USA, $14
9. “A Short History of Nearly Everything,” Bill Bryson, paper, Broadway Books, $15.95
10. “Shadow Divers: The True Adventures of Two Americans Who Risked Everything To Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II,” Robert Kurson, cloth, Random, $26.95
The Children’s Top Ten was not available for publication at press time.