Top 25 Books 2003_04_13

Based on sales through Sunday, April 13, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover

1. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Eleventh in the Christian series about those left behind at the Rapture (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/17/2003

2. The Guardian
Nicholas Sparks
Widow feels she is too young to give up on love (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/17/2003

3. Daddy's Little Girl
Mary Higgins Clark
Investigative reporter tracks her sister's killer (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/25/2002

4. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins
Kick-start your metabolism to burn more calories (NF) (P)
Entered on: 6/29/1995

5. Holes
Louis Sachar
For ages 12 and up; boy is mistakenly accused of stealing something and is sent to a juvenile detention center; Newbery Medal Book; movie released April 18, 2003 (F) (P)
Entered on: 2/11/1999

6. Three Fates
Nora Roberts
Romance: Sullivans seek a stolen family heirloom (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/11/2002

7. About Face
Fern Michaels
Romance: Casey loses her memory after horrible event (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/3/2003

8. The Murder Book
Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware is sent crime-scene photos of a murder he failed to solve 20 years ago (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/10/2002

9. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Murder clues left inside Leonardo art at the Louvre (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003

10. The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Lily, 14, runs away from home in story set in South 1964; Good Morning America Read This! Book Club selection Oct. 2002 (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/24/2002

11. High Tide in Hawaii
Mary Pope Osborne, art by Sal Murdocca
Children: Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie to Hawaii (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/3/2003

12. What Should I Do With My Life?
Po Bronson
Stories of those who struggle to find their true calling (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/9/2003

13. Up Country
Nelson Demille
Vietnam soldier's death is shrouded in mystery (F) (P)
Entered on: 1/31/2002

14. Trading Spaces: Behind the Scenes
edited by Brian Kramer
TV's "Trading Spaces" crew gives decorating tips (NF) (P)
Entered on: 3/27/2003

15. The Nanny Diaries
Nicola Kraus, Emma Mclaughlin
Caring for the offspring of the rich and spoiled in NYC (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/14/2002

16. The Wailing Wind
Tony Hillerman
Leaphorn, out of retirement, works case he'd rather forget (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/16/2002

17. Birthright
Nora Roberts
Romance: Archaeologist is thrown into adventure, danger, love (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/10/2003

18. Atkins for Life
Robert C. Atkins
Recipes, daily menus with varying amounts of carbs (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/23/2003

19. The Pursuit
Johanna Lindsey
Romance: Difficult pursuit of a Scottish beauty (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/28/2002

20. The King of Torts
John Grisham
Young D.C. lawyer nearly destroyed by chance to make millions (F) (H)
Entered on: 2/13/2003

21. Leap of Faith
Queen Noor
Memoir from the American-raised widow of Jordan's King Hussein (NF) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003

22. Lost Light
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch is determined to find out who killed movie production assistant (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/10/2003

23. Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Four boyhood friends from Maine, encounter aliens; movie (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/29/2001

24. Atonement
Ian McEwan
Opens in 1935 at an English manor house, when one hot summer day Briony, 13, commits a crime that changes everyone's lives; won National Book Critics Circle Award, fiction 2002 (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/21/2002

25. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
Murdered girl peers down from heaven to narrate this story; "Good Morning America" book club pick announced Aug. 7, 2002; won 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year (adult fiction) (F) (H)
Entered on: 7/4/2002