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 St.

1. Fighting Words: Black Women & the Search for Justice by Patricia Hill Collins

2. Into the Forest by Jean Hegland

3. Living in Process: Basic Truths for Living the Path of the Soul by Anne Wilson Schaef

4. the bull-jean stories by Sharon Bridgforth

5. Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work by bell hooks

6. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman

7. Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia Cameron

8. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks

9. Between Us: A Legacy of Lesbian Love Letters by Kay Turner

10. Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler

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