FICTION (This week/Last week)         1. (—) The Cross Country Quilters, Jennifer Chiaverini (Simon & Schuster; $21) Continuation of the series, five women from across the country deal with life challenges in the wake of quilting camp.         2. (—) Big Stone Gap, Adriana Trigiani (Ballantine Books; $12.95) Ave Maria Mulligan declares herself a spinster at 35.         3. (9) Icy Sparks, Gwyn Hyman Rubio (Penguin; $13.95). Girl in '50s with Tourette's syndrome; Oprah's Book Club.         4. (—) Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (Penguin USA; $12.95) New movie based on this novel where Bridget confides her attempts and failures at improving her life.         5. (2) Dreamcatcher, Stephen King (Scribner; $28) Four boyhood friends from Derry, Maine, encounter aliens.         6. (—) Round Robin, Jennifer Chiaverini (Plume; $11) Second in the series about the circle of friends that founded Elm Creek Quilts.         7. (—) Sticks and Scones, Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers; $23.95) Goldy Bear Schulz must solve the crimes, protect her family, and get the food to the table all at once.         8. (—) Tough Cookie, Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam Books; $6.50) Ninth novel in the series: Goldy saves her skin, her business, and the day with “questions and chocolate”.         9. (4) Scarlet Feather, Maeve Binchy (Dutton; $25.95). Family epic centers on two working-class chums.         10. (10) We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates (Plume; $13.95). The disintegration of a family after a daughter is raped; Oprah's Book Club selection.

NON-FICTION (This week/Last week)         1. (—) Forever Lies, Charmian Carr, Jean A.S. Strauss contributor (Penguin USA; $12) Subtitled A Memoir of the Sound of Music.         2. (—) Longaberger, Dave Longaberger (HarperBusiness; $25). How the Ohio basket company came to be.         3. (1) The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkinson (Multnomah; $9.99). Subtitled “Breaking Through to the Blessed Life.”         4. (—) Beauty, The New Basics, Rona Berg, Anja Kroencke and Deborah Jaffe (Workman Publishing Co.; $19.95) step by step how-to's and professional techniques.         5. (—) Shaman Healer Sage, Alberto Villoldo (Harmony Books; $23) subtitled “How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas.”         6. (2) The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen; $12.95). Subtitled “A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.”         7. (—) Body For Life, Bill Phillips (HarperCollins; $25). 12-week weightlifting and cardiovascular program.         8.(—) Mothers and Other Heroes, Laura Pulfer (Orange Frazer Press;$14.95) Local author honors mothers and the other heroes in our lives.         9. (3) Life Strategies, Phillip C. McGraw (Hyperion; $11.95) subtitled Doing What Works, Doing What Matters.         10. (—) Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson (Putnam; $19.95). Dealing with change at work and in life.

        About the list: Participants: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Books & Co., Montgomery Book Co., The Open Book. Based on book sales ending week of April 7. (—) indicates a book was not on the list the previous week.

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