TOP TEN

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of April 17


FICTION

1. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

2. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

3. AMERICAN PSYCHO by Bret Easton Ellis

4. HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby

5. MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT by Anne Patchett

6. FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES by Nathan Englander

7. THE WIDOW KILLER by Pavel Kohout

8. LIKE BEING KILLED by Ellen Miller

9. BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN by David Foster Wallace

10. BEST AMERICAN EROTICA 2000 edited by Susie Bright


NON-FICTION

1. THE ONIONS FINEST NEWS REPORTS by The Onion

2. GET HAPPY: THE LIFE OF JUDY GARLAND by Gerald Clarke

3. GUNS, GERMS, & STEEL by Jared Diamond

4. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY by Natalie Angier

5. THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell

6. THE CULTURE OF FEAR by Barry Glassner

7. THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean

8. VISUAL INTELLIGENCE by Donald Hoffman

9. A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers

10. BELLA TUSCANY by Frances Mayes

Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books.