Local bestsellers

LOCAL BESTSELLERS

Based on sales at select area bookstores

1. The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich ($25.95, Harper). Innocents are blamed for the slaughter of a family.

2. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri ($25, Knopf). Eight stories of exile, identity, disappointment and maturation.

3. So Brave, Young and Handsome, by Leif Enger ($24, Atlantic). An outlaw sets out to correct his misdeeds.

4. Phantom Prey, by John Sandford ($26.95, Putnam). A widow comes home to find blood everywhere and her daughter missing.

5. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, by Alexander McCall Smith ($22.95, Pantheon). A detective helps a woman find her family.

2. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch ($21.95, Hyperion). A guide to seizing every moment of life.

3. Riding Shotgun, by Kathryn Kysar ($24.95, Borealis). A collection of stories by literary women about being mothers.

4. A Wolf at the Table, by Augusten Burroughs ($24.95, St. Martin's). The author's memoir about his father.