BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of October 3

FICTION

1. POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

2. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

3. HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling

4. HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAR by J. K. Rowling

5. RULES OF THE WILD by Marciano Francesca

6. THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith

7. WHY SHE LEFT US by Reiko Rizzuto Rahn

8. WALTZING THE CAT by Pam Houston

9. HANNA'S DAUGHTERS by Marianne Fredriksson

10. AN ARROW'S FLIGHT by Mark Merlis

NON-FICTION

1. 'TIS: A MEMOIR by Frank McCourt

2. THE PROFESSOR & THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester

3. FULL EXPOSURE by Susie Bright

4. THE KID by Dan Savage

5. THE ART OF HAPPINESS by the Dalai Lama

6. BUST: THE GUIDE TO THE NEW GIRL ORDER by Karp & Stoller

7. WHEN LOVE GOES WRONG by Ann Jones

8. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

9. INEVITABLE REVOLUTIONS by Walter Lafeber

10. PURE DRIVEL by Steve Martin

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