BOOKS

Local Best Sellers

This list represents the best-selling titles at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall for the period of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, 2005.

1. "Haunted Hawaiian Nights," by Lopaka Kapanui

2. "Predator," by Patricia Cornwell

3. "Night Fall," by Nelson DeMille

4. "Grandpa's Magic Banyan Tree," by Jeff Langcaon

5. "Camel Club," by David Baldacci

6. "State of Fear," by Michael Crichton

7. "At First Sight," by Nicholas Sparks

8. "The Chronicles of Narnia" (complete set), by C. S. Lewis

9. "The Penultimate Peril: Book the Twelfth," by Lemony Snicket

10. "Memoirs of a Geisha," by Arthur Golden

1. "Health Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being," by Andrew Weil

2. "A Million Little Pieces," by James Frey

3. "Su Doku for Dummies," by Edmund James

4. "The Year of Magical Thinking," by Joan Didion

5. "Hawaii: A Sense of Place," by Mary Philpotts McGrath

6. "Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor after Your Third Martini," by Mark Leyner

7. "The Book of Sudoku: The Hot New Puzzle Craze," by Michael Mepham

8. "Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life," by Deepak Chopra

9. "Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Develop Your Talents and Those of the People You Manage," by Marcus Buckingham

10. "West of Then: A Mother, a Daughter and a Journey past Paradise," by Tara Smith

Today we begin a new way of tracking local book sales: A Top 10 list from a Hawaii bookstore will be printed each Sunday.