BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of March 1

FICTION

1. A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT by Terry McMillan

2. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri

3. SOUL MOUNTAIN by Gao Xingjian

4. THE DANISH GIRL by David Ebershoff

5. TEA by Stacey D'Erasmo

6. THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant

7. PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf

8. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III

9. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY by Helen Fielding

10. AHAB'S WIFE by Sena Jeler Naslund

NONFICTION

1. A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers

2. FOOLING WITH WORDS by Bill Moyers

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

4. NAKED by David Sedaris

5. BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Reinaldo Arenas

6. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

7. BUDDHA by Karen Armstrong

8. HISS AND TELL by Pam Johnson-Bennett

9. THE BASQUE HISTORY OF THE WORLD by Mark Kurlansky

10. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris

Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books and Elliott Bay Book Company.