TOP TEN

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of January 30


FICTION

1. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

2. SICK PUPPY by Carl Hiaasen

3. FORTUNE'S ROCKS by Anita Shreve

4. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

5. THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT by Anne Patchett

6. HANNA'S DAUGHTERS by Marianne Fredericksson

7. BLINDNESS by José Saramago

8. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

9. AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan

10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling


NON-FICTION

1. THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean

2. CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris

3. MOBILIZING RESENTMENT by Jean Hardisty

4. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

5. THE FRENCH LAUNDRY COOKBOOK by Thomas Keller

6. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

7. THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester

8. SEATTLE POETS & PHOTOGRAPHERS by Rod Slemmons

9. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom

10. THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN by Anne Fadiman

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