FICTION

(This week/Last week)

        1. (3) Heart of the Sea, Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.99) Concludes the romantic Irish trilogy.

        2. (4) House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus (Vintage; $14) Latest Oprah book club pick. Three fragile and determined people relentlessly entangled in an escalating crisis.

        3. (1) Roses Are Red, James Patterson (Little, Brown; $26.95) Detective Alex Cross confronts the mysterious Mastermind.

        4. (5) The Bear and The Dragon, Tom Clancy (Putnam; $28.95) Aided by the anti-terrorism specialist John Clark, President Jack Ryan contends with sinister forces afoot in Russia and China.

        5. (7) Code to Zero, Ken Follett.(Dutton, $26.95) Intrigue, espionage, conspiracy set in the Cold War in 1958.

        6. (—) Last Precinct, Patricia Cornwell (Putnam; $26.95) Escalating violence, tension and growing paranoia.

        7. (6) Deck the Halls, Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster by Scribner; $18) Investigator Regan Reilly joins Alvirah Mehan to rescue Reilly's kidnapped father and driver three days before Christmas.

        8. (9) Personal Injuries, Scott Turow.( Warner Vision, $7.99) Corrupt lawyer is unveiled in the opening of this legal thriller.

        9. (—) Lions Game, Nelson DeMille (Warner; $7.99) Terrorist defecting to the West is missing.

        10. (—) False Memory, Dean Koontz.( Bantam, $7.99) Rhodes family, friends are plunged into terror-filled chaos.

        NON-FICTION

(This week/Last week)

        1. (1) Big Pig Gig Celebrating Pigs in the City, foreword by Laura Pulfer (Orange Frazer Press; $34.95) Descriptions and color photos of all the “piggies” that were on display as of July 15.

        2. (2) Dayton Album Remembering Downtown, Jim Nichols (Marvin Christian; $29.95) Collection of historical photos of the city of Dayton.

        3. (—) Best Shots: The Greatest Baseball Photography of All Time (DK Publishing; $30) Foreword by Johnny Bench

        4. (3) A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Anna Quindlen (Random House; $12.95) Reflections on living a full life.

        5. (5) World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001 (Griffin; $10.95)

        6. (4) The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly (Broadway; $23) The Good, the Bad and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life.

        7. (7) Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson (Putnam; $19.95) Dealing with change at work and in life.

        8. (10) The Beatles Anthology, The Beatles (Chronicle Books; $60) Memoirs of the Fab Four with 1,300 images.

        9. (—) Get Clark Smart Ultimate Guide for the Consumer, Popular radio host gives consumer tips.

        10. (8) Cincinnati Moments, Cliff Radel, Sue Lancaster, Liz Dufour (The Cincinnati Enquirer; $29.95) A celebration of photography from The Cincinnati Enquirer. (Order online)

        About the list: Participants: Books & Co., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Montgomery Book Co., The Open Book. Based on book sales ending week of Dec 17. (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.

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