Top 25 Books 2003_04_06
Based on sales through Sunday, April 6, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover
1. Daddy's Little Girl
Mary Higgins Clark
Investigative reporter tracks her sister's killer (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/25/2002
2. Three Fates
Nora Roberts
Romance: Sullivans seek a stolen family heirloom (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/11/2002
3. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins
Kick-start your metabolism to burn more calories (NF) (P)
Entered on: 6/29/1995
4. Birthright
Nora Roberts
Romance: Archaeologist is thrown into adventure, danger, love (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/10/2003
5. About Face
Fern Michaels
Romance: Casey loses her memory after horrible event (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/3/2003
6. Cerulean Sins
Laurel Hamilton
Vampire and wereleopard desires consume Anita (F) (H)
Entered on: 4/10/2003
7. 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
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. 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
10. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Murder clues left inside Leonardo art at the Louvre (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
11. The Pursuit
Johanna Lindsey
Romance: Difficult pursuit of a Scottish beauty (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/28/2002
12. Trading Spaces: Behind the Scenes
edited by Brian Kramer
TV's "Trading Spaces" crew gives decorating tips (NF) (P)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
13. 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
14. 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
15. The Wailing Wind
Tony Hillerman
Leaphorn, out of retirement, works case he'd rather forget (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/16/2002
16. Atkins for Life
Robert C. Atkins
Recipes, daily menus with varying amounts of carbs (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/23/2003
17. Up Country
Nelson Demille
Vietnam soldier's death is shrouded in mystery (F) (P)
Entered on: 1/31/2002
18. Lost Light
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch is determined to find out who killed movie production assistant (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/10/2003
19. The King of Torts
John Grisham
Young D.C. lawyer nearly destroyed by chance to make millions (F) (H)
Entered on: 2/13/2003
20. Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Four boyhood friends from Maine, encounter aliens; movie (F) (P)
Entered on: 3/29/2001
21. Only By Your Touch
Catherine Anderson
Romance: Chloe is drawn to a kind veterinarian once arrested for murder (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/10/2003
22. Don't Look Back
Amanda Quick
Romance: Lavinia puts Tobias under her spell (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/6/2002
23. 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
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. Body of Lies
Iris Johansen
Life is disrupted for forensic sculptor, just when she finds peace (F) (P)
Entered on: 4/4/2002
