Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.
Fri., Nov. 10, 2000
Book Sense is the cornerstone of an effort by the American Booksellers Association, a consortium of independent bookstores across the nation, to create a national identity for independent bookstores. Below is this week's list of bestselling paperback fiction. Local bookstores participating in Book Sense include Adventures in Crime and Space, BookPeople, and The Old Main Bookstore in Bastrop.
1. Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
4. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
5. Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
6. Waiting by Ha Jin
7. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
8. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
9. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
10. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
