The Book Sense Bestseller List for Sports and Exercise

Based on sales reports from nearly 400 independent bookstores across the U.S. for the four weeks ending May 11, 2003.

From golf to the Iditarod to hiking, and, of course, baseball -- sports, exercise, and physical recreation are winning subjects with book buyers.

To reprint this list, please contact Kristen Gilligan at kristen@bookweb.org. Thanks to all loyal reporters!

1. Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand, Ballantine, $15.95, 0449005615
2. It's Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $13, 0425179613
3. Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: My Lifelong Passion for Baseball
Stephen Jay Gould, Norton, $24.95, 0393057550
4. Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life
Deepak Chopra, Harmony, $21, 0609603906
5. Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
David Wells, Morrow, $25.95, 0060508248
6. Sandy Koufax
Jane Leavy, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060195339
7. Fly-Fishing the 41st: Around the World on the 41st Parallel
James Prosek, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060193794
8. Final Round
William Bernhardt, Ballantine, $7.50, 0345449630
9. The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire
Matt and Jeff Hardy, Regan, $24.95, 0060521546
10. A Nasty Bit of Rough
David Feherty, Penguin, $14, 0142002658
11. The Fish's Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoors
I
an Frazier, Picador, $12, 0312421699
12. At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman
John Gierach, S&S, $22, 0743229924
13. We Love Baseball!
Peggy Harrison, Random House, $3.25, 0375814426
14. Strength Training Anatomy
Frederic Delavier, Human Kinetics, $18.95, 0736041850
15. The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $30, 0786869208
16. Game Time: A Baseball Companion
Roger Angell, Harcourt, $25, 0151008248
17. Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
Jill A. Fredston, North Point Press, $14, 0865476551
18. Stud: Adventures in Breeding
Kevin Conley, Bloomsbury, $14.95, 1582343322
19. Fatal Mountaineer: The High Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend
Robert Roper, St. Martin's Press, $15.95, 0312302665
20. The Founding Fish
John McPhee, FSG, $25, 0374104441
21. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $7.99, 0385492081
22. Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1573226882
23. The Footbag Book: All the Tricks, All the Tips
Klutz Press (Ed.), Klutz, $12.95, 1570541906
24. California Hiking: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,000 of the Best Hikes
Tom Stienstra, Avalon Travel, $21.95, 1566914876
25. Downhill Slide: Why the Corporate Ski Industry Is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment
Hal Clifford, Sierra Club, $24.95, 1578050715
26. Baseball America Prospect Handbook
Jim Callis (Ed.), Baseball America, $21.95, 0684019302
27. I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It
Charles Barkley, Random House, $22.95, 037550883X
28.

100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon
William L. Sullivan, Navillus, $14.95, 0961815280

29. Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
Robert Burleigh, Harcourt, $6, 0152045996
30. By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
Richard A. Cohen, Random House, $29.95, 0375504176
31. The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played
Tom Adelman, Little Brown, $24.95, 0316068993
32. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
John R. Wooden, McGraw-Hill, $16.95, 0809230410
33. Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder
Tony Hawk, Regan, $6.99, 0060096896
34. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Gary Paulsen, Harvest, $15, 0156001454
35. Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure
Peter Stark, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345441516
36. Baseball Register: Every Player, Every Stat!
Tony Nistler and David Walton (Eds.), McGraw-Hill, $17.95, 0892046996
37. First Day at Gymnastics
Anita Ganeri, DK, $3.99, 0789485133
38. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $12.95, 0385488181
39. On the Court With ... Michael Jordan
Matt Christopher, Little Brown, $4.95, 0316137928
40.

When Boston Won the World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903
Bob Ryan, Running Press, $18.95, 0762414669

41. Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel, Vintage, $10, 0375705090
42. The Best American Sports Writing
Rick Reilly (Ed.), Mariner, $13, 0618086285
43. Baseball Prospectus
Gary Huckabay, Brassey's, $21.95, 1574885618
44. Pride of October: What It Was to Be Young and a Yankee
Bill Madden, Warner, $24.95, 044652932X
45. The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together
Michael Shapiro, Doubleday, $37.95, 0385501528
46. Trout and Salmon of North America
Robert J. Behnke, Free Press, $40, 0743222202
47. Foghorn Outdoors California Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,500 Tent and RV Campgrounds
Tom Stienstra, Avalon Travel, $21.95, 1566914868
48. Himalayan Quest: Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
Ed Viesturs, National Geographic, $20, 0792268849
49. 2003 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac
Gerry Brown (Ed.), Hyperion, $12.99, 078688715X
50. On the Court with Kobe Bryant
Matt Christopher, Little Brown, $4.99, 0316137324