Hardcover Fiction

1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (Doubleday; $24.95) Murder leads to clues in the works of Leonardo.

2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom (Hyperion; $19.95) Maintenance man's life is explained by people he meets in heaven.

3. The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler (Knopf; $24.95) The life and death of an unlikely marriage.

4. Absolute Friends, John Le Carre (Little Brown, $26.95) Noted spy author's latest novel takes an anti-Iraq war twist.

5. The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier (Dutton; $23.95) Story of the six Lady and Unicorn tapestries.

6. Pompeii, Robert Harris (Random House; $24.95) Life in the last days before Vesuvius blew its top.

7. The Murder Room, P.D. James (Knopf; $25.95) Detective Adam Dalgleish investigates a homicide.

8. Mr. Paradise, Elmore Leonard (Morrow, $25.95) A model witnesses a contract hit.

9. New Spring: The Novel, Robert Jordan (Tor; $22.95) Part two of the Wheel of Time trilogy.

10. The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (Houghton Mifflin; $24). A second-generation immigrant can't find his place in the world.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale; $24.95) A cardiologist's weight-loss plan.

2. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, Ron Suskind (Simon & Schuster, $26) A White House insider tells all.

3. The Ultimate Weight Solution, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw (Free Press; $26). TV host 's thoughts on losing weight.

4. The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich, David Bach (Broadway; $19.95) Common-sense personal finance planning.

5. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Kevin Phillips (Viking; $25.95) A scathing look at the Bush family.

6. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Al Franken (Dutton; $24.95) A left-leaning look at politics and the media.

7. The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan; $19.99) Living a productive, fulfilling life.

8. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Laura Schlessinger (HarperCollins; $24.95) Women who mistreat their men and suffer the consequences.

9. Dude, Where's My Country?, Michael Moore (Warner; $24.95) Author opines on George W. Bush and his ilk.

10. The World According to Mr. Rogers, Fred Rogers (Hyperion; $16.95) His wit and wisdom.

Paperback Fiction

1. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin; $14) A teen tries to discover her mother's past.

2. Life of Pi, Yann Martel (Harvest; $14) A boy and a tiger are thrown together in a lifeboat at sea.

3. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (Vintage; $14.95) A young man wanders the post-Civil War South in search of himself.

4. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador; $15) A 41-year-old Greek hermaphrodite and how it happened.

5. #1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor; $11.95) First in mystery series starring private eye Precious Ramotswe.

6. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume; $14) Based on the life of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.

7. Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, Elizabeth Buchan (Penguin; $14) A woman loses her husband and her job to a conniving assistant.

8. Three Junes, Julia Glass (Anchor; $14) Follows one family for three Junes.

9. The Piano Tuner, Daniel Philippe Mason (Vintage; $14). Edgar Drake travels to Burma to fix a piano.

10. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (Perennial; $13.95) A hostage situation gone terribly wrong.

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi (Random House; $13.95) A skillful blend of memoir and literary criticism.

2. The Healthy Kitchen, Dr. Andrew Weil, Rosie Daley (Knopf; $16.95) Alternative medicine in the kitchen.

3. The South Beach Diet Good Fats/Good Carbs Counter Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale; $7.99) More on the carb/fat diet issue.

4. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz (Workman; $18.95). A travel guide to out-of-the-way places.

5. What Should I Do with My Life?, Po Bronson (Random House; $14.95) Profiles of 50 people searching for their "true calling."

6. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Ross King (Penguin; $15) The story behind the masterpiece.

7. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004, Ken Park, editor (World Almanac; $11.95) Everything you ever wanted to know about anything.

8. Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom (Broadway, $12.95) A man reminisces with his friend and mentor.

9. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (Perennial; $13.95) How fast food has transformed the American diet.

10. Bringing Down the House, Ben Mezrich (Free Press; $14) MIT students figure out how to legally take Las Vegas for millions.

Based on reporting from independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense for week ended Jan. 18.