BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of February 13

FICTION

1. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

2. AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan

3. COLD DAY IN PARADISE by Steve Hamilton

4. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

5. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

6. THE INTUITIONIST by Colson Whitehead

7. BLINDNESS by José Saramago

8. THE CALCUTTA CHROMOSOME by Amitav Shosh

9. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG by Connie Willis

10. CHARMING BILLY by Alice McDermott

NON-FICTION

1. GIRL, INTERRUPTED by Susanna Kaysen

2. THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean

3. IF THE GODS HAD MEANT US TO VOTE, THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN US CANDIDATES by Jim Hightower

4. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

5. IN SIBERIA by Colin Thubron

6. TENDER AT THE BONE by Ruth Reichl

7. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BUT YELLOW STRIPES AND DEAD ARMADILLOS by Jim Hightower

8. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

9. COALITIONS ACROSS THE CLASS DIVIDE by Fred Rose

10. AFTER LONG SILENCE by Helen Fremont

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