Top 25 Books 2003_03_23
Based on sales through Sunday, March 23, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover
1. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins
Kick-start your metabolism to burn more calories (NF) (P)
Entered on: 6/29/1995
2. Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Four boyhood friends from Maine, encounter aliens; movie (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/29/2001
3. Body of Lies
Iris Johansen
Life is disrupted for forensic sculptor, just when she finds peace (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/4/2002
4. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Murder clues left inside Leonardo art at the Louvre (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
5. The King of Torts
John Grisham
Young D.C. lawyer nearly destroyed by chance to make millions (F) (H)
Entered on: 2/13/2003
6. Atkins for Life
Robert C. Atkins
Recipes, daily menus with varying amounts of carbs (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/23/2003
7. 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
8. The Summons
John Grisham
Father leaves two sons a bundle of mysteriously acquired money (F) (P)
Entered on: 2/14/2002
9. 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
10. 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
11. The Jester
James Patterson, Andrew Gross
Historical thriller about an evil court, kidnapped wife, missing relics (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/13/2003
12. 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
13. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Sophie Kinsella
Dueling mums take charge of Becky Bloomwood's wedding (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/13/2003
14. Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Classic: Hidden springs of thought and action in one day of Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares for a party that evening; basis of the book "The Hours," made into a movie; USA TODAY Book Club (F) (P)
Entered on: 1/23/2003
15. 2nd Chance
James Patterson with Andrew Gross
Women's Murder Club tracks killer through San Francisco (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/14/2002
16. The Reluctant Suitor
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Romance: Lady Adriana Sutton pursues her true love (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
17. The Hours
Michael Cunningham
Day in the life of Virginia Woolf as she writes "Mrs. Dalloway" interspersed with chapters about a day in the lives of two ordinary American women; Pulitzer winner; movie nominated for Best Picture Oscar 2003; USA TODAY Book Club (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/22/1999
18. City of Bones
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch investigates a murder committed 20 years ago (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/25/2002
19. The Cottage
Danielle Steel
Story of three men whose lives converge and collide (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/7/2002
20. Portrait in Death
J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts)
Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks killer who hunts beautiful young women (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/6/2003
21. Dating Game
Danielle Steel
After divorce, Paris rediscovers dating (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/13/2003
22. Gone For Good
Harlan Coben
Will searches for his brother, missing after a murder (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/9/2002
23. The Night Before
Lisa Jackson
Romance: Haunted by memories, Caitlyn turns to Adam, the new psychologist (F) (P)
Entered on: 2/27/2003
24. The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren
Subtitle: "What on Earth Am I Here for?" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/16/2003
25. Leap of Faith
Queen Noor
Memoir from the American-raised widow of Jordan's King Hussein (NF) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
