Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List for October 9, 2000 from sales the week ending October 1 Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, October 5 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, October 9 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE   HARDDCOVER FICTION last week / # of weeks 1 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood, 0385475721, Doubleday, $26.00 In her new, dazzling, multi-layered novel, Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new creative heights, and ties it all up with a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist. 2/4 2 Drowning Ruth Christina Schwarz, 0385502532, Doubleday, $23.95 A powerful debut about two sisters and the secrets and bonds between them. -/1 3 Open House Elizabeth Berg, 0375506039, Random House, $23.95 A recently divorced woman opens her house to boarders in order to meet her mortgage payments, and in the process emerges from grief to reclaim herself. Oprah's latest selection. 5/7 4 The Bear and The Dragon Tom Clancy, 039914563X, Putnam, $28.95 Newly elected President Jack Ryan stars in this latest big-scale drama from the author of The Hunt for Red October and Rainbow Six. 1/5 5 The Rescue Nicholas Sparks, 0446525502, Warner, $22.95 One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all ... loving someone forever. 4/2 6 When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro, 0375410546, Knopf, $25.00 By the author of The Remains of The Day, a brilliantly realized story about the power of one's past to determine the present. 8/3 7 Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher, 0312244266, St. Martin's, $27.95 A tale of tragedy and renewal by the bestelling author of The Shell Seekers and September. 7/9 8 The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon, 0679450041, Random House, $26.95 With this brilliant novel, the author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys looks back at the 20th century through the history of comic books, creating an exhilarating triumph of language and invention. 11/2 9 Shattered Dick Francis, 0399146601, Putnam, $25.95 Francis's latest thriller, engaging and suspenseful as always. 3/3 10 The Sky Is Falling Sidney Sheldon, 0060198346, William Morrow, $26.00 Several mysterious deaths take a Washington journalist around the world in search of answers. 10/3 11 The Night Listener Armistead Maupin, 006017143X, HarperCollins, $26.00 13/2 12 Pagan Babies Elmore Leonard, 0385333927, Dell, $24.95 9/4 13 Lying Awake - 1st Week On List Mark Salzman, Stephanie Shieldhouse (Illustrator, 0375406328, Knopf, $21.00 -/1 14 Morgan's Run Colleen McCullough, 0684853299, S&S, $28.00 6/5 15 Girl With A Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier, 052594527X, Dutton, $21.95 12/39   ON THE RISE   25 Shopgirl Steve Martin, 0786866586, Hyperion, $17.95 A bittersweet story of modern day love and romance.   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.