Hardcover Fiction Based on sales from independent bookstores across America. For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds Bestseller List for December 27, 1999 from sales the week ending December 18     HARDCOVER FICTION 1 Timeline Michael Crichton Knopf 26.95 0679444815 2 Plainsong Kent Haruf Knopf 25.00 0375406182 3 Hunting Badger Tony Hillerman HarperCollins 26.00 0060192895 4 Personal Injuries Scott Turow FSG 27.00 0374281947 5 Blue At The Mizzen Patrick O'Brian Norton 24.00 0393048446 6 Daughter Of Fortune Isabelle Allende HarperCollins 24.95 006019491X 7 Atlantis Found Clive Cussler Putnam 26.95 0399145885 8 Waiting Ha Jin Pantheon 24.00 0375406530 9 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee Viking 23.95 0670887315 10 Ahab's Wife Sena Jeter Naslund William Morrow 28.00 0688171877 11 O is for Outlaw Sue Grafton Holt 26.00 0805059555 12 A Walk To Remember Nicholas Sparks Warner 19.95 0446525537 13 Big Trouble Dave Barry Putnam 23.95 0399145672 14 Saving Faith David Baldacci Warner 26.95 0446525774 15 Hearts In Atlantis Stephen King Scribner 28.00 0684853515   On The Rise 16 The Best American Short Stories of The Century Perfect for the literate love of your life. John Updike Houghton Mifflin 28.00 0395843685 The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information, please contact Michael Hoynes, Marketing Officer, at: (914) 591-2665 ext. 1204, 828 Broadway, Tarrytown NY. Reprint Guidelines.