Healthy Bestsellers

L.A. Times Archives

March 30, 1998 12 AM PT

HARDCOVER

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. “8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power,” by Andrew Weil (Knopf, $23)

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

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

10. “The Love Poems of Rumi,” by Jalaluddin Rumi, edited by Deepak Chopra (Crown, $12)

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

6. “The Artist’s Way,” by Julia Cameron (Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam, $13.95)

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

8. “What to Expect the First Year,” by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff and Sandee E. Hathaway (Workman, $13.95)

9. “Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul,” by Jack Canfield (Health Communications, $8.95)

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

Rankings are based upon Times’ poll of Southland bookstores.