BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of February 20

FICTION

1. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

2. MEN ON MEN 2000 edited by David Bergman

3. THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT by Anne Patchett

4. HARRY POTTER BLAH BLAH BLAH by J. K. Rowling

5. ALLAN STEIN by Matthew Stadler

6. WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR by John Irving

7. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver

8. THE INTUITIONIST by Colson Whitehead

9. AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan

10. BLINDNESS by José Saramago

NON-FICTION

1. GIRL, INTERRUPTED by Susanna Kaysen

2. CLEAR YOUR CLUTTER WITH FENG SHUI by Karen Kingston

3. THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester

4. THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean

5. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

6. IF THE BUDDHA DATED by Charlotte Kasl

7. TENDER AT THE BONE by Ruth Reichl

8. ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt

9. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

10. NAKED by David Sedaris

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