Local Bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect a variety of reading interests. This week’s list comes from BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar.

1. Games You Can’t Lose: A Guide for Suckers by Harry Anderson and Turk Pipkin

2. Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips

3. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

4. Meditation as Medicine by Dharma Sing Khalsa

5. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

7. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

8. The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

9. My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain

10. A Painted House by John Grisham

This article appears in March 16 • 2001.

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