FICTION (This week/Last week)         1. (—) Chosen Prey, John Sandford (Putnam; $26.95). Minneapolis police investigator Lucas Davenport faces an educated, sleazy and cunning serial killer in the 13th entry in Mr. Sandford's best-selling thriller series.         2. (—) 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. (—) The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (Picador; $14) New view of Dinah, who appears briefly in the Book of Genesis.         4. (1) On The Street Where You Live, Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster; $26) Emily Graham flees the insanity of her life only to find herself in danger in her tranquil sanctuary.         5. (5) Icy Sparks, Gwyn Hyman Rubio (Penguin; $13.95). Girl in '50s with Tourette's syndrome; Oprah's Book Club.         6. (3) Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (Penguin USA; $12.95) Bridget confides her attempts and failures at improving her life.         7. (7) Atlantis Found, Clive Cussler (Berkley; $7.99) Dirk Pitt and company investigate ancient mystery.         8. (8) Common Life, Jan Karon (Viking Press; $24.95) Author fills in the blanks surrounding the marriage of Mitford's favorite couple.         9. (4) The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume; $12) Novel uses Vermeer's portrait as a starting point.         10. (—) Fast Women, Jennifer Cruise (St. Martins Press; $24.95) A new job, new lust and murder mystery jump start a recovering divorcee.

NON-FICTION (This week/Last week)         1. (—) My Grandfather's Blessing: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging, Rachel Naomi Remen (Riverhead Press; $24.95) Remen finds how her grandfathers holiness and her parents academia can converge and complement each other.         2. (1) The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah; $9.99) Subtitled “Breaking Through to the Blessed Life.”         3. (—) Kitchen Table Wisdom:Stories that Heal, Rachel Naomi Remen (Riverhead Books; $12.50) Telling stories to pass wisdom and heal lives.         4. (—) Colors of the Mountain, Da Chen (Anchor Books; $13) Biography covering life in mainland China.         5. (4) I Hope You Dance, Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers (Rutledge Hill Press; $13.99) Gift book based on the Country Music Association song of the year.         6. (3) Mothers and Other Heroes, Laura Pulfer (Orange Frazer Press; $14.95) Local author honors mothers and the other heroes in our lives.         7. (2) Causing A Stir, Junior League (Junior League of Dayton; $22.95) Dayton Junior League cookbook.         8. (—) Natural Impressions of Priscilla Harrison Connell, Pamela Connell Grafe and Phillip Connell (Cincinnati Nature Center, $19.95) Photography of regional scenes.         9. (—) In the Heart of the Sea, Nat Philbrick (Penguin USA; $14) subtitled “The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.”         10. (—) Body of Secrets, James Bamford (Doubleday; $25.95) subtitled “Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Thru the Dawn of a New Century.”

        About the list: Participants: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Books & Co., Montgomery Book Co. Based on book sales ending week of May 19 (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.

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