Local bestsellers based on sales at select area bookstores
fiction
1. Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva ($26.95, Putnam). A new Gabriel Allon novel.
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski ($25.95, Ecco). A mute boy lives on his parents' farm.
3. Stalking Susan, by Julie Kramer ($22.95, Doubleday). A serial killer targets women named Susan.
4. Dangerous Days of Daniel X, by James Patterson ($19.99, Little, Brown). A man adopts his late father's occupation of alien hunter.
5. Phantom Prey, by John Sandford ($26.95, Putnam). A widow comes home to find blood everywhere and her daughter missing. nonfiction
1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch ($21.95, Hyperion). Guide to a satisfying life.
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris ($25.99, Little, Brown). A series of essays.
3. Minding Your Business, by Horst Rechelbacher ($24.95, Earth Aware). A guide on how business can improve its relationship to the natural world.
4. The Monster of Florence, by Douglas Preston ($25.99, Grand Central Publishing). Writer discovers the story of an Italian Jack the Ripper after moving to Florence.
5. This Land Is Their Land, by Barbara Ehrenreich ($24, Metropolitan Books). Essays on life in America today.
