The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sue Grafton, James Patterson, Alice Sebold, Patricia Daniels Cornwell and Dr. Phil McGraw were 2003's heavy hitters at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, according to the library's list of top 20 circulating fiction and nonfiction titles.

Grafton was the most widely circulated author with Q is for Quarry. Patterson made the list with four books - Four Blind Mice: A Novel, Jester, Lake House: A Novel, and Beach House: A Novel.

In nonfiction, Cornwell's Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed was No. 1, followed by Dr. Phil's Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out.

Following is the list, with number of times a book was checked out in parentheses.

Fiction

1. Q Is for Quarry, Sue Grafton (2,962)

2. Four Blind Mice: A Novel, James Patterson (2,846)

3. The Jester, James Patterson (2,758)

4. The Lovely Bones: A Novel, Alice Sebold (2,456)

5. Prey, Michael Crichton (2,194)

6. Chesapeake Blue, Nora Roberts (2,179)

7. Dating Game, Danielle Steel (2,151)

8. The Lake House: A Novel, James Patterson (2,101)

9. Answered Prayers, Danielle Steel (2,055)

10. The Beach House: A Novel, by James Patterson (1,963)

11. By the Light of the Moon, Dean R. Koontz (1,825)

12. Visions of Sugar Plums, Janet Evanovich (1,773)

13. Quentins, Maeve Binchy (1,682)

14. Blood Orchid, Stuart Woods (1,596)

15. Back Story, Robert B. Parker (1,590)

16. Light in Shadow, Jayne Ann Krentz (1,569)

17. The Crush, Sandra Brown (1,508)

18. The Cat Who Brought Down the House, Lilian Jackson Braun (1,490)

19. Naked Prey, John Sandford (1,490)

20. Whispers at Midnight, Karen Robards (1,435)

Nonfiction

1. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed, Patricia Cornwell (817)

2. Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out, Phillip C. McGraw (561)

3. Decorating Year-Round, Vicki L. Ingham (editor) (532)

4. John Adams, David G. McCullough (498)

5. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom (496)

6. Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right, Ann H. Coulter (461)

7. My Losing Season, Pat Conroy (459)

8. Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich (443)

9. The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life: Keep What You Have, Suze Orman (433)

10. Style on a Budget, Better Homes and Gardens Books (407)

11. Shifra Stein's Day Trips from Cincinnati, Shifra Stein (editor) (359)

12. Stupid White Men - and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!, Michael Moore (358)

13. Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet Revolution, Robert C. Atkins with Sheila Buff (353)

14. Garfield Eats Crow, Jim Davis (348)

15. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook, Robert C. Atkins with Sheila Buff (344)

16.The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Erik Larson (344)

17. Master the GED, Arco/Thomson Learning (339)

18. What Should I Do with My Life?, Po Bronson (320)

19. Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, David J. Pelzer (310)

20. Dereliction of Duty: An Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security, Robert Patterson (308)