Book Sense is the cornerstone of an effort by the American Booksellers Association, a consortium of independent bookstores across the nation, to band together and create a national identity for independent bookstores. Below is the list of bestselling hardcover fiction titles at stores that participate in the Book Sense program for the week beginning September 18. Local bookstores participating in Book Sense include Adventures in Crime and Space, BookPeople, and The Old Main Bookstore in Bastrop.

1. The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy

2. Open House by Elizabeth Berg

3. Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

4. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

5. Pagan Babies by Elmore Leonard

6. Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke

7. Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

8. Morgan’s Run by Colleen McCullough

9. Nora, Nora by Anne River Siddons

10. The Heartsong of Charging Elk by James Welch

This article appears in September 22 • 2000.

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