Local bestsellers

fiction

1. Black Ops, by W.E.B. Griffin ($26.95, Putnam). Charley Castillo is asked to track down terrorists.

2. A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire ($26.95, William Morrow). Third volume of Wicked Years.

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows ($22, Dial Press). Author gets letters of inspiration from readers.

4. A Mercy, by Toni Morrison ($23.95, Knopf). A woman abandons her daughter to save her.

5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb ($29.95, Harper). A family struggles after the Columbine shootings.

nonfiction

2. Dewey, by Vicki Myron ($19.99, Grand Central Publishing). The story of an abandoned cat.

3. The Flat Belly Diet, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass ($25.95, Rodale). A guide to a leaner tummy.

4. StrengthsFinder 2.0, by Tom Rath ($21.95, Gallup). A guide to finding your strengths.