TOP TEN

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of July 12.

FICTION

1. THE FOURTH HAND by John Irving

2. WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith

3. THE DANISH GIRL by David Ebershoff

4. BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg

5. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

6. AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman

7. THE TOUGHEST INDIAN IN THE WORLD by Sherman Alexie

8. ANIL'S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje

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

10. MY GRANDMOTHER'S EROTIC FOLKTALES by Robert Antoni

NONFICTION

1. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA by Nathaniel Philbrick

2. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

3. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

4. THE STRANGER GUIDE TO SEATTLE by Paula Gilovich, Traci Vogel, and The Stranger staff

5. THE BOTANY OF DESIRE by Michael Pollan

6. THE TRUTH IS... by Melissa Etheridge

7. NEWJACK: GUARDING SING SING by Ted Conover

8. KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain

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

10. A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers

Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books, Elliott Bay Book Company, Fremont Place Book Company, and M Coy Books.