BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of October 27

FICTION

1. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER by Gregory Maguire

2. Harry POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling

3. POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

4. FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk

5. MOUNTAIN TIME by Ivan Doig

6. MONKEY FOOD: THE COMPLETE 7 IN '75 by Ellen Forney

7. THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith

8. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

9. HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABON by J. K. Rowling

10. WALTZING THE CAT by Pam Houston

NON-FICTION

1. 'TIS by Frank McCourt

2. THE KID by Dan Savage

3. OUT OF PLACE: A MEMOIR by Edward Said

4. WOMEN by Annie Leibowitz

5. GUNS, GERMS, & STEEL by Jared Diamond

6. THE PROFESSOR & THE MADMAN by Murray/Winchester

7. BUST: THE GUIDE TO THE NEW GIRL ORDER by Karp & Stoller

8. FIREBIRD: A MEMOIR by Mark Doty

9. THE ART OF HAPPINESS by the Dalai Lama

10. NAKED by David Sedaris

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