Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. This week’s list of bestsellers is from Book Woman, 918 W. 12th.

1. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

2. Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio

3. Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Making of Women’s Altars by Kay Turner

4. So You Want to Be a Lesbian? by Liz Tracey

5. Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler

6. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

7. Murder Undercover by Claire McNab

8. Best Lesbian Erotica ’99 edited by Tristan Taormino

9. Girls Who Rocked the World by Amelie Welden

10. Teresa of Avila: The Progress of a Soul by Cathleen Medwick

This article appears in 1999.

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