BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of February 27

FICTION

1. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

2. MEN ON MEN 2000 edited by David Bergman

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

4. THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT by Anne Patchett

5. ALLAN STEIN by Matthew Stadler

6. THE INTUITIONIST by Colson Whitehead

7. WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR by John Irving

8. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

9. AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan

10. BLINDNESS by José Saramago

NON-FICTION

1. GIRL, INTERRUPTED by Susanna Kaysen

2. CLEAR YOUR CLUTTER WITH FENG SHUI by Karen Kingston

3. WORST CASE SCENARIO HANDBOOK by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht

4. THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester

5. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

6. IF THE BUDDHA DATED by Charlotte Kasl

7. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom

8. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

9. NAKED by David Sedaris

10. THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean

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