Healthy Bestsellers

HARDCOVER

1. “Talking to Heaven,” by James Van Praagh (Dutton, $22.95)

2. “One Day My Soul Just Opened Up,” by Iyanla Vanzant (Fireside, $13)

3. “8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power,” by Andrew Weil (Knopf, $23)

4. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy,” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (Warner, $17.95)

5. “Don’t Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life,” by Richard Carlson (Hyperion, $15.95)

6. “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus,” by John Gray (HarperCollins, $23)

7. “The Zone,” by Barry Sears (ReganBooks, $22)

8. “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” by Deepak Chopra (Amber-Allen Publishing, $12.95)

9. “Love and Survival: The Healing Power of Intimacy and Love,” by Dean Ornish (HarperCollins, $25)

10. “Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life,” by Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey (Hyperion, $18.95)

PAPERBACK

1. “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” by Richard Carlson (Hyperion, $8.95)

2. “Zagat Survey 1998 Los Angeles / Southern California Restaurant Guide,” edited by Merrill Shindler and Karen Berk (Zagat Survey, $10.95)

3. “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution,” by Robert C. Atkins (M. Evans, $12.95)

4. “Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul,” by Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger (Health Communications, $12.95)

5. “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical & Emotional Health & Healing,” by Christiane Northrup (Bantam, $15.95)

6. “Anatomy of the Spirit,” by Caroline Myss (Random House Value Publishing, $14)

7. “Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover & Enhance Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain & Heal Itself,” by Andrew Weil (Fawcett, $12.95)

8. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” by Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee E. Hathaway and Heidi E. Murkoff (Workman Publishing, $10.95)

9. “Dr. Atkins’ New Carbohydrate Gram Counter,” by Robert C. Atkins (M. Evans, $2.95)

10. “Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul,” by Jack Canfield, Mark V. Hansen, Marci Shimoff and Jennifer Hawthorne (Health Communications, $12.95)

* Rankings are based upon Times’ poll of Southland bookstores.