BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of December 21

FICTION

1. CRUDDY by Lynda Barry

2. PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver

3. THE CONSTANT GARDENER by John Le Carré

4. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling

5. THE NIGHT LISTENER by Armistead Maupin

6. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham

7. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III

8. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES BY Jhumpa Lahiri

9. MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan Lethem

10. JIMMY CORRIGAN: THE SMARTEST KID ON EARTH by Chris Ware

NONFICTION

1. HOLIDAYS ON ICE by David Sedaris

2. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

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

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

5. TOM DOUGLAS' SEATTLE KITCHEN by Tom Douglas

6. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

7. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY by Natalie Angier

8. SHRUB: THE SHORT BUT HAPPY POLITICAL LIFE OF GEORGE W. BUSH by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

9. NAKED by David Sedaris

10. PARIS TO THE MOON by Adam Gopnik

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