FICTION

1. (1) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor Books; $11.95) Precious Ramotswe becomes the only lady detective in Botswana.

2. (-) Resurrection Men, Ian Rankin (Little Brown & Co.; $19.95) Inspector Rebus finds redemption while trying to retrain fellow officers.

3. (-) Atonement, Ian McEwen (Anchor Books; $14) Secrets of a 1935 English family through the eyes of a dramatic 13-year-old.

4. (4) The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin; $14) Along with her African-American nanny, a teen flees an abusive father and confused past into the turbulence of the 1964 civil rights movement.

5. (5) Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (Harper; $13.95) Hostage situation gone awry makes strange bedfellows of captors and captives.

6. (2) Someone to Watch Over Me, Judith McNaught (Atria Books; $25) New York actress searches for her lost husband and finds out how little she knows him.

7. (7) The Lake of Dead Languages, Carol Goodman (Ballantine Books; $13.95) Teacher returns to her alma mater to find sinister history repeating itself.

8. (-) Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf (Harvest Books; $12) Series of events and circumstances of others intrude on a hostess's party preparations.

9. (-) Second Chance, James Patterson (Warner Books; $7.99) The Women's Murder Club reconvenes to hunt what appears to be a racist serial killer.

10. (-) Portrait in Death, J. D. Robb (Berkley Publishing Group; $7.99) Lieutenant Eve Dallas must solve serial murders of young innocents in 2059.

NONFICTION

1. (7) Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (Crown Publishing; $25.95) Subtitled Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America.

2. (2) Beyond the River, Ann Hagedorn (Simon & Schuster; $25) Historical examination of Ripley, Ohio, Underground Railroad heroes.

3. (3) Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (Revised), Robert C. Atkins (Avon; $7.99) Low-carbohydrates, high-protein diet tome.

4. (-) Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, Robert C. Atkins (Quill; $13.95) Original release of the low-carbohydrate diet.

5. (-) Excavating Jesus, John Dominic Crossan, Jonathan L. Reed (Harper San Francisco; $29.95) Subtitled Beneath the Stones, Behind the Text.

6. (-) The Hard Questions, Susan Piver (J. P. Tarcher; $10) Subtitled 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say `I Do.'

7. (-) Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter, Robert C. Atkins (M. Evans & Co.; $4.95) Companion to the diet guide.

8. (-) This Just In, Bob Schieffer (Putnam Publishing Group; $26.95) Subtitled What I Couldn't Tell You on TV.

9. (5) Savage Nation, Michael Savage (WND Books; $24.99) Subtitled Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Borders, Language and Culture.

10. (7) Gentleman Amateurs, Mark Bernstein (Dayton Daily News; $29.95) History of the Wright brothers.

Participants: Books & Co. and Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Based on sales ending week of March 4 ; (-) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.