BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of August 4

FICTION

1. HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J. K. Rowling

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

3. VALENCIA by Michelle Tea

4. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

5. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J. K. Rowling

6. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

7. TIPPING THE VELVET by Sarah Waters

8. LAWNBOY by Paul Lisicky

9. THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Banks

10. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri

NONFICTION

1. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

2. NAKED by David Sedaris

3. THE KID by Dan Savage

4. POST-DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR by Alison Bechdel

5. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY by Natalie Angier

6. KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain

7. MOTHERS WHO THINK by Camille Peri & Kate Moses, eds.

8. MIND OF THE RAVEN by Bernd Heinrich

9. DREAMS OUR STUFF IS MADE OF by Thomas Disch

10. HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw

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