TOP TEN

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of May 31.


FICTION

1. ANIL'S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje

2. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier

3. CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk

4. BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg

5. THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant

6. THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE by Haruki Murakami

7. EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo

8. AHAB'S WIFE by Sena Naslund

9. THE FEAST OF LOVE by Charles Baxter

10. FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk


NON-FICTION

1. IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? by Paul Begala

2. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond

3. NICKLE & DIMED by Barbara Ehrenreich

4. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA by Nathaniel Philbrick

5. FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser

6. FROM DAWN TO DECADENCE by Jacques Barzun

7. CENSORED 2001 edited by Peter Phillips & Project Censored

8. APRIL 1865 by Jay Winik

9. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn

10. YOU ARE BEING LIED TO edited by Russ Kick

Compiled from figures at Bailey/Coy Books, Elliott Bay Book Company, Fremont Place Book Company and Third Place Books.