Trade Paperback 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 July 3, 2000 from sales the week ending June 25 Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, June 29 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, July 3 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION Last Week/ # of Weeks 1. The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver, HarperPerennial, 14.00 Set in the Belgian Congo, an ambitious, beautifully written novel by an indie-bookseller favorite. Oprah's latest selection. 2/31 2. While I Was Gone Sue Miller, Ballantine, 12.95 A woman's happy life and marriage unravel as her past comes back to haunt her, bringing with it temptation and menace. 1/18 3. The Girls' Guide To Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank, Penguin, 12.95 Just out in paperback, Bank's entertaining and moving collection of interconnected stories has struck a chord with women everywhere. 3/8 4. The Hours Michael Cunningham, Picador, 13.00 An exquisitely crafted century-spanning novel about the interwoven lives of three central characters�one of whom is Virginia Woolf. 4/26 5. Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, 12.00 A beautiful, moving, Pulitzer prize-winning collection of stories set in both India and America. 5/10 6. White Oleander Janet Fitch, Back Bay, 13.95 A dense, evocative novel about a 13-year-old girl and her mother, a poet sentenced to life in prison for murder. 7/10 7. The Red Tent Anita Diamant, Picador, 14.00 A fascinating re-imagining of the biblical Dinah, daughter to Jacob and Leah, as well as the lives of all women in the ancient world. 8/24 8. Where the Heart Is Billie Letts, Warner, 12.00 A former Oprah pick finds new life with the release of the movie. 9/13 9. The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, Penguin, 12.95 Morrison's heartrending first novel: the story of a girl who believes that white skin and blue eyes will change the brutal path of her young life. 7/9 10. House Of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III, Vintage, 13.00 In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. 11/20 11. A New Song Jan Karon, Penguin, 12.95 14/12 12. Chocolat Joanne Harris, Penguin, 12.95 12/24 13. East Of the Mountains David Guterson, Harcourt Brace, 14.00 11/10 14. Memoirs of A Geisha Arthur Golden, Vintage, 14.00 15/31 15. Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson, HarperPerennial, 16.00 13/7 ON THE RISE   23. Letters From Yellowstone Diane Smith, Penguin, 12.95 Set in the late 1800s, a lively, informative novel about a woman naturalist on an expedition to Yellowstone. A 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 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.