The Book Sense Creatures Bestseller List

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For the four-week period ending August 8, 2004, and based on sales reporting by hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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The Book Sense Creatures Bestseller List
1. The Secret Life of Lobsters
Trevor Corson, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060555580
2. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $19.95, 0679451218
3. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders
Lorus Milne, Knopf, $19.95, 0394507630
4. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Robert Sullivan, Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582343853
5. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $19.95, 067945120X
6. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
John Bull, Knopf, $19.95, 0679428526
7. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $14, 0140275010
8. Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism
Dawn Prince-Hughes, Harmony, $24, 1400050588
9. The Sibley Guide to Birds
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35, 0679451226
10. Animal-Speak: The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small
Ted Andrews, Llewellyn, $19.95, 0875420281
11. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Mark Obmascik, Free Press, $25, 0743245458
12. National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic, National Geographic, $21.95, 0792268776
13. All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312965788
14. Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild
Susan McCarthy, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0066209242
15. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region
Miklos D. F. Udvardy, Knopf, $19.95, 0679428518
16. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
John L. Behler, Knopf, $19.95, 0394508246
17. A World of Butterflies
Brian Cassie, Kjell Sandved, Bulfinch, $22.50, 0821228935
18. Winter World
Bernd Heinrich, Ecco, $14.95, 0060957379
19. Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide
John Muir Laws, Heyday Books, $9.95, 1890771783
20. Never Cry Wolf
Farley Mowat, Frank J. Sulloway, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316881791
21. Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America
Williams Souder, North Point Press, $25, 0865476713
22. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $45, 0679451234
23. Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
Donald Stokes, Little Brown, $8.95, 0316818119
24. The Founding Fish
John McPhee, FSG, $14, 0374528837
25. Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region
Donald Stokes, Little Brown, $17.95, 0316818100