Book Sense is the cornerstone of an effort by the American Booksellers Association to create a national identity for independent bookstores. Below is the list of bestselling paperback fiction titles at stores that participate in the Book Sense program for the week beginning February 25. Local bookstores participating in Book Sense include Adventures in Crime and Space, BookPeople, and Book Woman.

1. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

2. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

3. Chocolat by Joanne Harris

4. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

5. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

6. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

7. Plainsong by Kent Haruf

8. Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund

9. Waiting by Ha Jin

10. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman

This article appears in March 9 • 2001.

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