Shortly after Michael Jordan retired from basketball, Collins published this picture-autobiography. An oversize, air-filled fantasy, it's holding steady at No. 1 with 700,000 copies in print. Strictly for die-hard fans, Rare Air is packed with slick shots of Mike at home and at play, along with contemplative gems like, ''I really can't get a sense of who I am,'' and such startling personal revelations as, ''My kids love the water, but not me.'' FICTION 1Slow waltz in cedar bend Robert James Waller, Warner, $16.956 2The Bridges Of Madison County Robert James Waller, Warner, $16.9568 3Nightmares & Dreamscapes Stephen King, Viking, $27.504Without Remorse Tom Clancy, Putnam, $24.9516 5Lasher Anne Rice, Knopf, $2511 6Mr. Murder Dean Koontz, Putnam, $23.955 7Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel, Doubleday, $17.5035 8Decider Dick Francis, Putnam, $22.957 9A Dangerous Fortune Ken Follett, Delacorte, $23.958 10The Client John Grisham, Doubleday, $23.5038
NONFICTION 1See, I Told You So Rush Limbaugh, Pocket Books, $24 2Private Parts Howard Stern, Simon & Schuster, $238 3The Hidden Life Of Dogs Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Houghton Mifflin, $18.954 Seinlanguage Jerry Seinfeld, Bantam, $19.9514 5Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now Maya Angelou, Random House, $1710 6Embraced By The Light Betty J. Eadie, Gold Leaf Press, $14.9529 7Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus John Gray, HarperCollins, $2037 8Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Deepak Chopra, M.D., Harmony, $2219 9Stop The Insanity! Susan Powter, Simon & Schuster, $2210 Having Our Say Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hearth, Kodansha, $2027
TRADE PAPERBACKS 1Rare Air: Michael on Michael Michael Jordan, CollinsSanFrancisco, $255 2The Days Are Just Packed Bill Watterson, Andrews & McMeel, $12.9511 3MTV's Beavis And Butt-Head: This Book Sucks Mike Judge, Pocket Books, $104 4The Remains of the day Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $115The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey, Fireside, $12151 6The Road Less Traveled M. Scott Peck, M.D., Touchstone, $12307 7The Chickens Are Restless Gary Larson, Andrews & McMeel, $8.957 8The World Almanac And Book Of Facts Mark S. Hoffman, Pharos, $8.952 9The Age Of Innocence Edith Wharton, Collier, $5.9513 10The Far Side Gallery 4 Gary Larson, Andrews & McMeel, $12.956
