Fiction

        This week/Last week

        1. (—) The Shelters of Stone, Jean M. Auel (Crown Publishing; $28.95) Fifth novel about Ayla, the Cro-Magnon woman raised by Neanderthals.

        2. (2) A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines (Vintage Books; $12.95) Race, injustice and bravery in the face of hopelessness are the basis of this Cincinnati On the Same Page book selection.

        3. (4) Empire Falls, Richard Russo (Vintage Books; $14.95) A slice of a nice guy's blue-collar, small-town life.

        4. (3) The Nanny Diaries: A Novel, Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus (St. Martin's Press; $24.95) Two former nannies give a fictionalized account of the modern-day Mary Poppins, moppets and their crazy parents.

        5. (1) Daddy's Little Girl, Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster; $26) Vengeance means once is not enough as the heroine seeks to have her sister's murderer reconvicted after his parole.

        6. (5) On the Street Where You Live, Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket Books; $7.99) Emily Graham flees the insanity of her life only to find danger in her tranquil sanctuary.

        7. (—) Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks (Penguin USA; $14) A bolt of cloth carries the plague, superstition and change from London to a small country town.

        8. (6) Atonement: A Novel, Ian McEwan (Doubleday; $26) A domestic crisis becomes a crime that changes family life forever.

        9. (8) The Villa, Nora Roberts (Jove Publications; $7.99) Pride, passion and danger ferment between merging family-owned wineries.

        10. (—) Sula, Toni Morrison (Penguin USA) 1993 Nobel prize winner explores two women's friendship.

Nonfiction

        This week/Last week

        1. (3) A New Christianity for a New World, John Shelby Spong (Harper-San Francisco; $24) subtitled “Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born.”

        2. (6) Martha Inc., Christopher M. Byron (John Wiley & Sons; $27.95) subtitled “The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.”

        3. (5) Blinded by the Right, David Brock (Crown Publishing; $25.95) subtitled “The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative.”

        4. (7) Hope Through Heartsongs, Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Hyperion; $14.95) Poetry.

        5.(—) On Your Own for the First Time, Jeff Bowers (Pyramid Publishing; $21.95) How-to book for those on their own for the first time.

        6. (9) Lucky Man: A Memoir, Michael J. Fox (Hyperion; $22.95) Actor dwells on life before and after his Parkinson's diagnosis, and how, in some ways, life is better because of it.

        7. (10) The Worst is Over, Judith Acosta, Judith Simon Prager (Jodere Group; $13.95) subtitled “What to Say When Every Moment Counts.”

        8. (—) The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, Oren Harari (McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; $21.95) Leadership tips culled from Gen. Powell's autobiography and presentations.

        9. (—) The Meaning of Life, Bradley Trevor Greive (Andrews McMeel Publishing; $9.95) Humorous look at one of life's biggest questions.

        10. (—) The Right Words at the Right Time, Marlo Thomas (Pocket Books; $25) One hundred well known people share moments when the “right” words changed their lives.

        About the list: Participants: Books & Co., Joseph Beth Booksellers and Montgomery Book Company. Based on sales ending week of May 5. (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.

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