The Enquirer

Hardcover Fiction

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

2. Skinny Dip, Carl Hiaasen (Knopf; $24.95) Victim of a failed murder attempt gets revenge.

3. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Dial; $24) Four roommates seek to break a code leading to ancient treasure.

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

5. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury; $27.95) The rise of two magicians in 19th century England.

6. Sam's Letters to Jennifer, James Patterson (Little Brown; $24.95) Mysterious love unraveled through letters to a granddaughter.

7. The Egyptologist: A Novel, Arthur Phillips (Random House; $24.95) Egyptologist hopes to locate king Atum-hadu's tomb and its expected riches.

8. Dark Justice, Jack Higgins (Putnam; $ 25.95) Thriller shows how Britain is fighting the war on terror.

9. The Winds of Change, Martha Grimes (Viking; $25.95) Scotland Yard detective is propelled by a horrific crime involving a child.

10. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler (Putnam; $23.95) Life imitating art.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi (Regnery; $27.95)

2. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss (Gotham; $17.50)

3. American Soldier, Tommy Franks and Malcolm McConnell (Regan Books; $27.95) A memoir of Gen. Tommy R. Franks.

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

5. Skywriting, Jane Pauley (Random House; $25.95) Memoir

6. Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk, Maureen Dowd (Putnam; $25.95) Bush dynasty.

7. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II, Robert Kurson (Random House; $26.95)

8. Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America, Garrison Keillor (Viking; $19.95)

9. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris (Little Brown; $24.95) Essays.

10. My Life, Bill Clinton (Knopf; $35) A candid portrait of a global leader early in life and his journey to White House.

Paperback Fiction

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (Vintage; $12) Autistic boy solves the pet murder he is accused of.

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

3. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead; $14) Afghanistan's political turmoil.

4. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (Harvest; $14) Love survives past, present and future.

5. The Known World, Edward P. Jones (Amistad; $13.95) Lines blur between masters and slaves.

6. The Namesake: A Novel, Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner; $14) A family from India travels to America for a better life.

7. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor; $11.95) Private eye Precious Ramotswe.

8. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador; $15) Hermaphrodite deals with gender identity.

9. The Wedding, Nicholas Sparks (Warner; $12.95) Husband begins a program to renew romance with wife.

10. Life of Pi, Yann Martel (Harvest; $14) Boy survives shipwreck with tiger.

Paperback Nonfiction

1. The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Staff (Norton; $10)

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

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

4. Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer (Anchor; $14.95) A man murders family and blames religion.

5. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama (Three Rivers; $13.95) Memoir

6. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, Al Franken (Plume; $14)

7. The South Beach Diet Good Fats/Good Carbs Guide: The Complete and Easy Reference for All Your Favorite Foods, Arthur Agatston, M.D. (Rodale; $7.99)

8. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz (Workman; $18.95) Guide to exotic places.

9. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, Thomas Cahill (Nan A. Talese; $14.95) Exploring the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks.

10. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom ((Broadway; $12.95) Author reunites with former mentor.

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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 Sept. 5.