While Rhonda Byrne's The Secret continues to make a splash with its power-of-positive-thinking message, it's amusing to note that it's not all one big smiley face out in book world. The Power of A Positive No by William Ury hits No. 5 on the local bestseller list.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

• Fiction

1. Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella. Dial, $24

2. Step on a Crack -James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99

3. Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb. Putnam, $25.95

4. Sisters - Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $27

5. The Watchman - Robert Crais. Simon & Schuster, $25.95

• Nonfiction

1. In An Instant - Lee & Bob Woodruff. Random House, $25.95

2. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama. Crown, $25

3. Somebody's Gotta Say It - Neil Boortz. HC/HarperCollins, $25.95

4. A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah. Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22

5. Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Free Press, $26

LOCAL BEST SELLERS

• Fiction

1. Dry Ice - Stephen White

2. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult

3. The Watchman - Robert Crais

4. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

5. Returning to Earth - Jim Harrison

• Nonfiction

1. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

2. Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah

3. Women & Money - Suze Orman

4. I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron

5. The Power of a Positive No - William Ury

Local information comes from the Tattered Cover, Borders Books in Englewood and the Boulder Book Store.

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