TOP TEN

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of June 21.


FICTION

1. BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg

2. CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk

3. IN THE CITY OF SHY HUNTERS by Tom Spanbauer

4. WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith

5. GLUE by Irvine Welsh

6. HOOCHIE MAMA by Erika Lopez

7. AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman

8. ANIL'S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje

9. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by Amy Tan

10. THE FEAST OF LOVE by Charles Baxter


NONFICTION

1. IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? by Paul Begala

2. NAKED by David Sedaris

3. THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN by Anne Fadiman

4. JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough

5. FROM DAWN TO DECADENCE by Jacques Barzun

6. THE STRANGER GUIDE TO SEATTLE by Paula Gilovich, Traci Vogel, and The Stranger staff

7. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA by Nathaniel Philbrick

8. NICKLE & DIMED by Barbara Ehrenreich

9. FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser

10. GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides

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