(Editor’s note: This list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of October. Copyright 2003 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.)

HARDCOVER

1. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. (Zondervan, $19.99)

2. Beyond Belief, by Elaine Pagels. (Random House, $24.95)

3. Dream Giver: Follow Your God-Given Destiny, by Bruce Wilkinson with David Kopp. (Multnomah, $16.99)

4. Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge. (Thomas Nelson, $16.95)

5. The Lord is My Shepherd, by Harold S. Kushner. (Knopf, $19.95)

6. Shepherds Abiding, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $24.95)

7. Babylon Rising, by Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo. (Bantam, $24.95)

8. Bringing Elizabeth Home, by Ed and Lois Smart with Laura Morton. (Doubleday, $22.95)

9. Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge. (Thomas Nelson, $21.99)

10. I Hope You Dance, by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers. (Rutledge Hill, $13.99)

PAPERBACK

1. The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield/Moody, $12.99)

2. Matters of the Heart: Stop Trying to Fix the Old, Let God Give You Something New, by Juanita Bynum. (Charisma House, $13.99)

3. The Power of a Praying Wife, by Stormie Omartian. (Harvest House, $9.99)

4. Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. (Harper San Francisco, $10)

5. The Question of God, by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. (Free Press, $15)

6. Return, by Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley. (Tyndale, $12.99)

7. The Power of a Praying Woman, by Stormie Omartian. (Harvest House, $9.99)

8. The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel. (Zondervan, $12.99)

9. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. (Dell, $7.99)

10. The Betrayal, by Beverly Lewis. (Bethany House, $12.99)

CAD END BESTSELLERS