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BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of November 17


FICTION

1. CRUDDY by Linda Barry

2. MERRICK by Anne Rice

3. PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver

4. PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf

5. THE NIGHT LISTENER by Armistead Maupin

6. WINTER'S HEART by Robert Jordan

7. THE POWERBOOK by Jeanette Winterson

8. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER by Gregory Maguire

9. THE BLIND ASSASSIN by Margaret Atwood

10. MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan Lethem


NONFICTION

1. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

2. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, REVISED by Howard Zinn

3. GALILEO'S DAUGHTER by Dava Sobel

4. THE COMPLETE JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH by Sylvia Plath

5. SEX & SINGLE GIRLS edited by Lee Damsky

6. HITLER'S POPE by John Cornwell

7. NAKED by David Sedaris

8. REASON FOR HOPE by Jane Goodall

9. WORDS AND RULES by Steven Pinker

10. SHRUB by Molly Ivins

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