BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of December 14

FICTION

1. CRUDDY by Lynda Barry

2. HARRY POTTER: THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS by J. K. Rowling

3. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri

4. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS by Shel Silverstein

5. THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Phillip Pullman

6. COOL FOR YOU by Eileen Myles

7. PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver

8. TIPPING THE VELVET by Sarah Waters

9. NAPPILY EVER AFTER by Trisha R. Thomas

10. MERRICK by Anne Rice

NONFICTION

1. HOLIDAYS ON ICE by David Sedaris

2. ME TALK PRETTY SOMEDAY by David Sedaris

3. A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE by Anna Quindlen

4. PARIS TO THE MOON by Adam Gopnik

5. THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Joseph Piven

6. TOM DOUGLAS' SEATTLE KITCHEN by Tom Douglas

7. IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? by Paul Begala

8. SPIRIT MATTERS by Michael Lerner

9. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY by Natalie Angier

10. NAKED by David Sedaris

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