Fiction: Best Sellers: Oct. 17, 1983

1. Poland, Michener (I last week)

2. Changes. Steel (2)

3. Hollywood Wives, Collins (3)

4. The Name of the Rose. Eco (6)

5. Christine, King (5)

6. Who Killed the Robins Family?, Adlerand Chastain (4)

1. Monimbo, Moss and De Borchgrave (9)

8. August, Rossner (7)

9. The Little Drummer Girl, Le Carre (10)

10. The Seduction of Peter S., Sanders (8)

NONFICTION

1. In Search of Excellence, Peters and Waterman (1)

2. The One Minute Manager, Blanchard and Johnson (3)

3. Fatal Vision. McGinniss

4. On Wings of Eagles. Pollen (2)

5. Motherhood, Bombeck (6)

6. The Body Principal, Principal 1. Megatrends, Naisbitt(5)

8. Creating Wealth. Allen (4)

9. The Best of James Herriot.

Herriot (7)

10. Seeds of Greatness. Waitley(8)

Computed by TIME from more than 1,000 participating bookstores.