BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of September 5

FICTION

1. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

2. INVISIBLE MONSTERS by Chuck Palahniuk

3. CHARMING BILLY by Alice McDermott

4. RULES OF THE WILD by Francesca Marciano

5. LOST IN TRANSLATION by Nicole Mones

6. WALTZING THE CAT by Pam Houston

7. MESSIAH by Andrei Codrescu

8. THE BEACH by Alex Garland

9. SURVIVOR by Chuck Palahniuk

10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE by J. K. Rowling

NON-FICTION

1. 2 MINUTES TO SHINE by Pamela Sackett

2. TENDER AT THE BONE by Ruth Reichl

3. THE ART OF HAPPINESS by the Dalai Lama

4. THE PROFESSOR & THE MADMAN by Murray/Winchester

5. GUNS, GERMS, & STEEL by Jared Diamond

6. PANORAMAS by Victor Hernandes Cruz

7. ON WRITING WELL by William Zinsser

8. BAD GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE OPEN ROAD by Cameron Tuttle

9. CAPTAIN'S VERSES by Pablo Neruda

10. A SOLDIER'S PLAY by Charles Fuller

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

PAGES Books, News, & Web.