local bestsellers BASED ON SALES AT SELECT AREA BOOKSTORES FICTION
1. Duma Key, by Stephen King ($28, Scribner). A man recovers from an accident in which he loses an arm.
2. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks ($25.95, Viking). A rare-book expert is offered the job of a lifetime.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini ($25.95, Riverhead). Two women are brought together by war.
4. T is for Tresspass, by Sue Grafton ($26.95, Putnam). A sociopath takes advantage of the elderly.
5. Blasphemy, by Douglas Preston ($25.95, Forge Books). A supercomputer holds the truth behind the creation of the world.
NONFICTION
1. In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan ($21.95, Penguin). How to eat for good health.
2. You Staying Young, by Michael Roizen, Mehmet Oz ($26, Free Press). Guide to personal health.
3. Memo to the President-Elect, by Madeleine Albright ($26.95, Harper). Ideas on how the next president should confront challenges.
