October Bestsellers
| 1 | Los cuatro acuerdos: Una guía práctica para la libertad personal. Ruiz, Miguel. (The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom) U.S.: Amber-Allen Pub. 1999. ISBN 1-878424-36-X. $10.95. | Originally published in English in 1997, this self-help title by a Toltec shaman became a huge best seller. Oprah added extra sales when she touted him in '99. | Non-Ficition |
| 2 | La casa en Mango Street. Cisneros, Sandra. (The House on Mango Street) U.S.: Vintage Español: Random House. 1994. ISBN 0-679-75526-8. $9.95. | Cisneros's first novel remains a coming- of-age Latino classic. Both El Paso and Miami have chosen it for their One City/One Book programs. | Fiction |
| 3 | Dietas y recetas de María Antonieta. Collins, María Antonieta. (María Antonieta's Diet) Mexico: Grijalbo: Random House Mondadori. 2001. ISBN 970-05-1355-6. $15.95. | Well-loved Univision anchor Collins dropped lots of pounds before the public's eyes. She reveals her secrets in this self-help book for the busy woman. | Non-Fiction |
| 4 | El alquimista: Una fábula para seguir tus sueños. Coelho, Paulo. (The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream) U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 0-06-251140-8. $12.95. | A cult figure for U.S. Latinos, international best-selling New Age author Coelho is due to stay on the charts and inspire for a long time. | Fiction |
| 5 | La otra cara de América. Ramos, Jorge. (The Other Face of America) Mexico: Grijalbo: Random House Mondadori. 2000. ISBN 970-05-1220-7. $15.95. | Unafraid to ask important people difficult questions, Univision's Ramos is big or bigger among U.S. Latinos than Tom Brokaw in anchor and author appeal. | Non-Fiction |
| 6 | El amor en los tiempos del cólera. García Márquez, Gabriel. (Love in the Time of Cholera) U.S.: Penguin. 1996. ISBN 0-14-025578-8. $10.50. | Some argue that this fictional riff on Gabo's parents' great love tops #7 on this list. Media focus on his upcoming memoir has rekindled this superstar's sales. | Fiction |
| 7 | Cien años de soledad. García Márquez, Gabriel. (One Hundred Years of Solitude) Spain: Ediciones Cátedra. 1994. ISBN 84-376-0494-X. $12.95. | This classic of all classics by the Nobel Prize winning Colombian author is a perennial favorite. It's also considered essential reading for those learning Spanish. | Fiction |
| 8 | Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal. Rowling, J.K. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Spain: Salamandra, dist. by Lectorum. 1999. ISBN 84-7888-8654-0. $8.95. | Further proof that everyone is wild about Harry. The video of this first title in the series was released this summer, reactivating the book's sales. | Children's |
| 9 | La reina del sur. Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. (Southern Queen) Spain/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 2002. ISBN 84-204-6435-X. $19.95. | The Spanish novelist is back with a new intellectual thriller, after the best-selling La carta esférica (The Nautical Chart), peppered with Mexican drug world slang. | Fiction |
| 10 | La fiesta del chivo. Vargas Llosa, Mario. (The Feast of the Goat) Spain/U.S.: Suma de Letras: Santillana. 2001. ISBN 84-376-0494-X. $10.99. | This latest literary novel by celebrated boom-generation Peruvian author Vargas Llosa was praised in both the English- and Spanish-language media. | Fiction |
