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. 3rd Degree, James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Little Brown; $26.95) Women's Murder Club solves crimes that strike close to their heart.

5. The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant (Random House; $21.95) A woman must choose between her passions: art or artist.

6. Bad Business, Robert B. Parker (Putnam; $24.95) Spenser PI tome number 31.

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

8. The Princes of Ireland, Edward Rutherfurd (Doubleday; $27.95) First volume of an Emerald Isle-focused series.

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

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

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. The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection--The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men, Suzanne Somers (Crown Publishers; $25)

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

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

6. The Power of Intention, Wayne W. Dyer (Hay House; $24.95).

7. 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.

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

9. Give Me A Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media ..., John Stossel (HarperCollins; $24.95).

10. Flyboys, James Bradley (Little Brown; $24.95) History of American Navy and Marine aviators shot down off of Chichi and executed.

Paperback Fiction

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

2. The Kalahari Typing School for Men, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor/Doubleday; $11.95) Fourth installment in the #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

3. #1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor; $11.95) Series starring private eye Precious Ramotswe.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (Vintage; $14.95) A Confederate deserter fights to return to the past he knew.

10. The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl (Random House; $13.95) Murders mirror Dante's Inferno.

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 shadows the Chicago's World's Fair.

3. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz (Workman; $18.95) Guide to out-of-the-way places.

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

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

6. The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen; $12.95) Toltec inspired code of conduct to combat limiting beliefs.

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

8. What should I Do With My Life, Po Bronson (Random House; $14.95) Profiles of people seeking their life calling.

9. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, Ben Mezrich (Free Press; $14).

10. Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook, Debbie Stoller (Workman; $13.95).

Based on reporting from independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense for week ended March 14.