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

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

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

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

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

8. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, Elisabeth Robinson (Little, Brown; $23.95) Woman with a dying sister reveals herself in letters.

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

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

Hardcover Nonfiction

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback Fiction

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

2. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Perennial; $14) The author's journey through life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl; $13) Financial crisis in the middle class.

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

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Based on reporting from independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense for week ended Jan. 28.