BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of December 21

FICTION

1. CRUDDY by Lynda Barry

2. THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman

3. LIGHT ACTION IN THE CARIBBEAN by Barry Lopez

4. PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver

5. THE CONSTANT GARDENER by John Le Carré

6. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

7. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III

8. MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan Lethem

9. THE CASE OF THE ORPHANED BASSOONISTS by Barbara Wilson

10. THE NIGHT LISTENER by Armistead Maupin

NONFICTION

1. HOLIDAYS ON ICE by David Sedaris

2. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

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

4. NAKED by David Sedaris

5. THE NIGHT MY MOTHER MET BRUCE LEE by Paisley Rekdal

6. TOM DOUGLAS' SEATTLE KITCHEN by Tom Douglas

7. IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? by Paul Begala

8. PARIS TO THE MOON by Adam Gopnik

9. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

10. THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht

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