Mona L. Bronson-Fuqua

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 Last Juror, John Grisham (Doubleday; $27.95) A look at justice in a small Mississippi town.

4. The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler (Knopf; $24.95) Life and death of a marriage.

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

6. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, Elisabeth Robinson (Little Brown; $23.95) Inside lives of Olivia and Maddie Hunt.

7. High Country, Nevada Barr (Putnam; $24.95) Park ranger Anna Pigeon goes undercover.

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

9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (Doubleday; $22.95) Autistic boy accused of a vile crime documents probe.

10. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown (Atria; $19.95) Scientist tries to solve a murder caught between the Illuminati and the Catholic Church.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale; $24.95)

2. The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan; $19.99)

3. 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.

4. The Ultimate Weight Solution, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw (Free Press; $26).

5. Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, Sean Hannity (Regan Books; $26.95) Conservative commentary.

6. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Laura Schlessinger (HarperCollins; $24.95) Women mistreat their men and suffer results.

7. 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.

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

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

9. Dude, Where's My Country?, Michael Moore (Warner; $24.95) Author takes the Republican Party to task.

10. Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life, Steven G. Pratt and Kathy Matthews (Morrow; $24.95)

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. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, Lorna Landvik (Ballantine; $13.95) Five female friends and three decades of life's travails.

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

5. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Perennial; $14) Author's life journey.

6. #1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor; $11.95) Series starring private eye Precious Ramotswe.

7. The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl (Random House; $13.95) Three historical figures team up to catch a serial killer.

8. The Master Butchers Singing Club, Louise Erdrich (Perennial; $13.95) Love, death and redemption after World War I.

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

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

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 Devil in the White City, Eric Larson (Vintage; $14.95) Murder at the Chicago's World's Fair.

3. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl; $13) Financial exploitation of the working class.

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

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

6. What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson (Random House; $14.95) Fifty profiles on picking career.

7. Stitch 'n Bitch, Debbie Stoller (Workman; $13.95) The rebirth of knitting.

8. What Not to Wear, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (Riverhead; $15) Stars of the British television program explain why stretch pants are not for everyone.

9. What to Expect When You're Expecting, Heidi E Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway (Workman; $13.95)

10. Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom (Broadway; $12.95) Life lessons from a dying teacher.

Based on reporting from independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense for week ended Feb. 22.