Top 25 Books 2003_03_30
Based on sales through Sunday, March 30, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover
1. Three Fates
Nora Roberts
Romance: Sullivans seek a stolen family heirloom (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/11/2002
2. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins
Kick-start your metabolism to burn more calories (NF) (P)
Entered on: 6/29/1995
3. The Pursuit
Johanna Lindsey
Romance: Difficult pursuit of a Scottish beauty (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/28/2002
4. 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
5. 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
6. Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Four boyhood friends from Maine, encounter aliens; movie (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/29/2001
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 Wailing Wind
Tony Hillerman
Leaphorn, out of retirement, works case he'd rather forget (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/16/2002
9. Trading Spaces: Behind the Scenes
edited by Brian Kramer
TV's "Trading Spaces" crew gives decorating tips (NF) (P)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
10. Body of Lies
Iris Johansen
Life is disrupted for forensic sculptor, just when she finds peace (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/4/2002
11. 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
12. Between Friends
Debbie Macomber
Romance: Tale of marriage, children, divorce and widowhood (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/3/2003
13. 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
14. 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
15. The Summons
John Grisham
Father leaves two sons a bundle of mysteriously acquired money (F) (P)
Entered on: 2/14/2002
16. 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
17. Love With the Proper Husband
Victoria Alexander
Romance: Ladies find the right love for the Earl of Pennington (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/3/2003
18. Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting
Meg Cabot
Teen readers: Mia gets more princess lessons from Grandm?re (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/3/2003
19. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Sophie Kinsella
Dueling mums take charge of Becky Bloomwood's wedding (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/13/2003
20. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Murder clues left inside Leonardo art at the Louvre (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
21. The King of Torts
John Grisham
Young D.C. lawyer nearly destroyed by chance to make millions (F) (H)
Entered on: 2/13/2003
22. Atkins for Life
Robert C. Atkins
Recipes, daily menus with varying amounts of carbs (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/23/2003
23. Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
Michael Moore
Moore takes on George W., GOP, Dems, racism, 2000 presidential election; winner of Book of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2003 (NF) (H)
Entered on: 2/28/2002
24. Leap of Faith
Queen Noor
Memoir from the American-raised widow of Jordan's King Hussein (NF) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
25. Gone For Good
Harlan Coben
Will searches for his brother, missing after a murder (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/9/2002
