BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of October 10

FICTION

1. BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX by Kurt Vonnegut

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

3. FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk

4. POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

5. THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith

6. MOUNTAIN TIME by Ivan Doig

7. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

8. SOMETIMES THE SOUL by Gioia Timpanelli

9. THE BEACH by Alex Garland

10. WALTZING THE CAT by Pam Houston

NON-FICTION

1. 'TIS by Frank McCourt

2. THE KID by Dan Savage

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

4. SCIENTIST IN THE CRIB by Alison Gopnik

5. WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE KILLED WITH OUR CHILDREN by Philip Gourevitch

6. THE PROFESSOR & THE MADMAN by Murray/Winchester

7. GUNS, GERMS & STEEL by Jared Diamond

8. PURE DRIVEL by Steve Martin

9. THE ART OF HAPPINESS by the Dalai Lama

10. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

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