BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of August 22

FICTION

1. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

2. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR by John Irving

3. THE BEACH by Alex Garland

4. THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith

5. LOST IN TRANSLATION by Nicole Mones

6. CHARMING BILLY by Alice McDermott

7. GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy

8. INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST by Iain Pears

9. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE by J. K. Rowling

10. NAKED by David Sedaris

NON-FICTION

1. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

2. OTHER SIDE & BACK by Sylvia Browne

3. FEMININE MYSTIQUE by Betty Friedan

4. GUNS, GERMS, & STEEL by Jared Diamond

5. PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE U.S. by Howard Zinn

6. THE ART OF HAPPINESS by the Dalai Lama

7. EVERYBODY WAS SO YOUNG by Amanda Vaill

8. HIROSHIMA by Hersey

9. BAD GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE OPEN ROAD by Cameron Tuttle

10. HOMELANDS by Byron Ricks

Compiled from figures at Elliott Bay Books, Bailey/Coy Books, Third Place Books, and PAGES Books, News, & Web.