BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of February 1.

FICTION

1. PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf

2. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

3. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III

4. TEA by Stacey D'Erasmo

5. LAWNBOY by Paul Lisicky

6. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS by J. K. Rowling

7. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER by Gregory Maguire

8. CRUDDY by Lynda Barry

9. THE NIGHT LISTENER by Armistead Maupin

10. CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris

NON-FICTION

1. EX LIBRIS: CONFESSIONS OF A COMMON READER by Anne Fadiman

2. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

3. NAKED by David Sedaris

4. THE DARWIN AWARDS by Wendy Northcutt

5. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

6. SHRUB: THE SHORT BUT HAPPY POLITICAL LIFE OF GEORGE W. BUSH by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

7. BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Reinaldo Arenas

8. WHERE WE STAND by bell hooks

9. THE NOTHING THAT IS by Robert Kaplan

10. ON MEXICAN TIME by Tony Cohan

Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books and Elliott Bay Book Company.