Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. This week’s list of bestsellers is from BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar.

1. If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates by Jim Hightower

2. Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins

3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

4. Texas Almanac, 2000-2001

5. Time Almanac 2000

6. The Brethren by John Grisham

7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

8. Naked by David Sedaris

9. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb

10. The Testament by John Grisham

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