BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of May 29

FICTION

1. FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES by Tom Robbins

2. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

3. WHILE I WAS GONE by Sue Miller

4. THE TOUGHEST INDIAN IN THE WORLD by Sherman Alexie

5. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri

6. HORSE HEAVEN by Jane Smiley

7. CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson

8. ANIL'S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje

9. WAR BOY by Keif Hilsbery

10. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffrey Eugenides

NON-FICTION

1. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

2. LOST BOYS by James Garbarino, Ph.D.

3. THE ONION'S FINEST NEWS REPORTS by The Onion

4. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY by Natalie Angier

5. THE WTO by Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza

6. A BORDER PASSAGE: FROM CAIRO TO AMERICA--A WOMAN'S JOURNEY by Leila Ahmed

7. A WHORE JUST LIKE THE REST: THE MUSIC WRITINGS OF RICHARD MELTZER by Richard Meltzer (duh)

8. EBOYS: THE FIRST INSIDE ACCOUNT OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS AT WORK by Randall E. Stross

9. THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell

10. A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers

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