Local Best Sellers

Hardcover

1. True Believer Nicholas Sparks

2. And One More Thing Before You Go Maria Shriver

3. (tie) The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd

3. (tie) The World Is Flat Thomas Friedman

5. Winning Jack Welch w/ Suzy Welch

6. The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren

7. No Place Like Home Mary Higgins Clark

8. My Life So Far Jane Fonda

9. The Stroke of Midnight Laurel Hamilton

10. The Ambassador's Son Homer Hickam

Paperback

1. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

2. Rocket Boys Homer Hickam

3. The Recovering Sorority Girls' Guide to a Year's Worth of Perfect Parties Deandra Brooks and Kristina Rose

This list was compiled based on sales for the week ending April 17 at Appletree Books, Cleveland Heights; all seven Borders; Fireside Book Shop, Chagrin Falls; Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Legacy Village, Lyndhurst; Village Booksmith, Medina; and Waldenbooks, Parmatown Mall.