Top 25 Books 2003_09_28

Based on sales through Sunday, September 28, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover

1. The Ultimate Weight Solution
Phillip C. McGraw
Subtitle: "The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 9/18/2003

2. A Series of Unfortunate Events No. 10: The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket
Baudelaire children journey through strange mountains (F) (H)
Entered on: 10/2/2003

3. The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston
Allows dieters to eat food they love (NF) (H)
Entered on: 4/10/2003

4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven: A Novel
Mitch Albom
In heaven, life is explained by five people who were in it (F) (H)
Entered on: 10/2/2003

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

6. Who's Looking Out for You?
Bill O'Reilly
Conservative commentator "kicks butt and takes (and also names) names" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 10/2/2003

7. Bleachers
John Grisham
Ex-high school quarterback pas respects to his coach (F) (H)
Entered on: 9/18/2003

8. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Al Franken
Liberal satirist lampoons the right (NF) (H)
Entered on: 8/28/2003

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

10. The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks
Wilson tempts his wife into falling in love again (F) (H)
Entered on: 9/18/2003

11. Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
Centuries-old organization launches vendetta against the Catholic Church (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/27/2003

12. The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren
Subtitle: "What on Earth Am I Here for?" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/16/2003

13. Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes
Travel memoir: Accomplished cook and food writer buys a house in Italy; movie (NF) (P)
Entered on: 9/18/1997

14. The English Roses
Madonna
Children: Story of jealousy, friendship (F) (H)
Entered on: 9/25/2003

15. 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

16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPré
Harry, 15, finds depth and strength in his friends; fifth in the series (F) (H)
Entered on: 6/26/2003

17. Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson
Volume One of the Baroque Cycle; revisits history (F) (H)
Entered on: 10/2/2003

18. Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand
Small horse rose from obscurity to become a champion; USA TODAY Book Club; PBS documentary ("The Story of Seabiscuit") spring 2003; movie summer 2003 (NF) (P)
Entered on: 3/15/2001

19. Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
Suspicion, betrayal, revenge; USA TODAY Book Club; movie won two Oscars: Sean Penn won for Best Actor, Tim Robbins for Best Supporting Actor, 2004 (F) (P)
Entered on: 2/8/2001

20. The Runaway Jury
John Grisham
Jury on tobacco trial runs amok; movie (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/23/1996

21. Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter
Robert C. Atkins
Carbohydrate content of 1,200 food items (NF) (P)
Entered on: 1/30/1997

22. Madam Secretary
Madeleine Albright
Memoir: Former Clinton White House secretary of state's life story (NF) (H)
Entered on: 9/25/2003

23. Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty
Dav Pilkey
Children: Bad things happen when brainiac tries to be a super boy (F) (P)
Entered on: 9/4/2003

24. No One to Trust
Iris Johansen
Trained assassin is on the trail of a ruthless killer (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/10/2002

25. Life Of Pi
Yann Martel
Redemptive story of a boy, 16, and a 450-pound tiger; Booker Prize winner (F) (P)
Entered on: 11/7/2002