TOP TEN
BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of May 3.
FICTION
1. THE DRESS LODGER by Sheri Holman
2. THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
3. THE TOUGHEST INDIAN IN THE WORLD by Sherman Alexie
4. BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON by Helen Fielding
5. THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE by Louise Erdrich
6. ANIL’S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje
7. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier
8. A COMMON LIFE: THE WEDDING by Jan Karon
9. THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP by George Saunders
10. LADIES WITH OPTIONS by Cynthia Hartwick
NON-FICTION
1. SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand
2. IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? by Paul Begala
3. FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser
4. RIVER-HORSE: ACROSS AMERICA BY BOAT by William Least Heat-Moon
5. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond
6. LIFE STRATEGIES by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.
7. CROSSING THE UNKNOWN SEA by David Whyte
8. ARTISTS IN THEIR GARDENS by Valerie Easton and David Laskin
9. THE BASQUE HISTORY OF THE WORLD by Mark Kurlansky
10. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GARDENER’S SOUL edited by Jack Canfield
Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books and Elliott Bay Book Company.