NLS BESTSELLER REPORT


Date: May 2002




INTRODUCTION

The enclosed report, compiled monthly by NLS, combines
information taken from the
bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York
Times, and the Washington Post.  It
also includes book club selections from the Book of the
Month Club, the Literary Guild, the
Mystery Guild, the Rhapsody Book Club, and the Science
Fiction Book Club.

Bestsellers are included in this report when they appear on
one of the above Bestseller lists for
a month or more. Book club titles are included when featured
on the Book club lists as main
selections.

Once a title appears in the report with an NLS book number,
it will not appear on future
reports.


The acronyms used for newspapers and book clubs in this
report are:

LAT (Los Angeles Times)
NYT (New York Times)
WP (Washington Post)
BOMC (Book of the Month Club)
LG (Literary Guild)
MG (Mystery Guild)
RBC (Rhapsody Book Club)
SFBC (Science Fiction Book Club