By Mona L. Bronson-Fuqua
The Cincinnati Enquirer

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

7. Bad Business, Robert B. Parker (Putnam; $24.95) Spenser PI tome No. 31.

8. A Death in Vienna, Daniel Silva (Putnam; $25.95) Mourning Israeli intelligence agent resolves unfinished Holocaust questions.

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

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. 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. The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and Texture of Reality, Brian Greene (Knopf; $28.95 ).

7. A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Anna Quindlen (Random House; $12.95) Life secrets shared.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (Perennial; $13.95) Terrorist and hostages joined together by music.

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

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 shadows the Chicago's World's Fair.

3. Abraham, Bruce Feiler (Perrenial, $12.95) Biography of the man present in Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

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

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

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

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

8. Touching the Void, Joe Simpson (Perennial, $12.95) Near death in the Peruvian Andes.

9. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser (Perennial; $13.95)

10. Dry: A Memoir, Augusten Burroughs (Picador; $14)

Based on reporting from independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense for week ended March 21.