His way: Irrepressible Peter McWilliams, king of the self-publishers and master of the self-help manual, practices what he preaches. By dint of his own efforts, Life 101 appears on the nonfiction list at No. 10 this week. FICTION WEEKS ON LIST
1 THE BURDEN OF PROOF 9 Scott Turow, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22.95 2 COYOTE WAITS 6 Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $19.95 3 MESSAGE FROM NAM 8 Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $21.95 4 STARDUST 3 Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $18.95 5 GET SHORTY 2 Elmore Leonard, Delacorte, $18.95 6 SEPTEMBER 17 Rosamunde Pilcher, St. Martin's, $22.95 7 THE STAND: THE COMPLETE AND UNCUT EDITION 14 Stephen King, Doubleday, $24.95 8 DRAGON 13 Clive Cussler, Simon & Schuster, $21.95 9 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 22 Robert Ludlum, Random House, $21.95 10 MOUNTAIN LAUREL 5 Jude Devereaux, Pocket, $18.95
NONFICTION
1 MEN AT WORK 19 George Will, Macmillan, $19.95 2 WEALTH WITHOUT RISK 79 Charles Givens, Simon & Schuster, $19.95 3 DAVE BARRY TURNS 40 12 Dave Barry, Crown, $16.95 4 THE POLITICS OF RICH AND POOR 3 Kevin Phillips, Random House, $19.95 5 HOMECOMING 3 John Bradshaw, Bantam, $18.95 6 MEGATRENDS 2000 29 John Naisbitt & Patricia Aburdene Morrow, $21.95 7 BARBARIANS AT THE GATE: THE FALL OF RJR NABISCO 29 Bryan Burrough & John Helyar HarperCollins, $22.95 8 BEHIND THE MASK: MY DOUBLE LIFE IN BASEBALL 5 Dave Pallone with Alan Steinberg Viking, $18.95 9 FATHER & SON & CO.: MY LIFE AT IBM AND BEYOND 10 Thomas J. Watson Jr. & Peter Petre Bantam, $22.95 10 LIFE: 101: EVERYTHING WE WISH WE HAD LEARNED ABOUT LIFE IN SCHOOL-BUT DIDN'T 4 John-Roger and Peter McWilliams Prelude Press, $18.95


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