Top 25 Books 2003_06_15
Based on sales through Sunday, June 15, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover
1. Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Former first lady writes about Bill, personal life, beliefs and "politics of personal destruction;" memoir (NF) (H)
Entered on: 6/19/2003
2. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Murder clues left inside Leonardo art at the Louvre (F) (H)
Entered on: 3/27/2003
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. The Lake House
James Patterson
Six children find themselves in terrible danger (F) (H)
Entered on: 6/19/2003
5. 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
6. The Beach House
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge
Man vows to find out the truth about his brother's death (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/20/2002
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. 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
9. Trading Places
Fern Michaels
Romance-suspense: Twin takes over her sister's role as a cop (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/12/2003
10. Who's Your Caddy? Looking for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf
Rick Reilly
Sportswriter convinced top golfers -- Jack Nicklaus, Jill McGill, John Daly, David Duval -- to let him act as their caddy on PGA and LPGA tournaments (NF) (H)
Entered on: 5/22/2003
11. The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston
Allows dieters to eat food they love (NF) (H)
Entered on: 4/10/2003
12. Atkins for Life
Robert C. Atkins
Recipes, daily menus with varying amounts of carbs (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/23/2003
13. Hard Eight
Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum tracks missing mother and daughter (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/27/2002
14. The Teammates
David Halberstam
Story of aging baseball stars Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr (NF) (H)
Entered on: 5/22/2003
15. Fire Ice
Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
Tycoon tries to overthrow shaky Russian government (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/13/2002
16. Engaging the Enemy
Nora Roberts
Romance: Reprint includes "A Will and a Way" and "Boundary Lines" (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/1/2003
17. Sunset In St. Tropez
Danielle Steel
Aging couples explore their friendship after one dies (F) (P)
Entered on: 7/4/2002
18. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Robert Dallek
Historian taps national security archives, oral histories, White House tapes and medical records that had been closed (NF) (H)
Entered on: 5/22/2003
19. Three Junes
Julia Glass
Lives and loves of a Scottish family; 2002 National Book Award for Fiction winner (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/1/2003
20. Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black
John Feinstein
Story of the 2002 U.S. Open, which was held at a true public course, Bethpage Black, for the first time in the history of golf's greatest championship (NF) (H)
Entered on: 5/22/2003
21. The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren
Subtitle: "What on Earth Am I Here for?" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 1/16/2003
22. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
This book "began, really, with an innocent question: How did one of the poorest teams in baseball, the Oakland Athletics, win so many games?" (NF) (H)
Entered on: 5/22/2003
23. The King of Torts
John Grisham
Young D.C. lawyer nearly destroyed by chance to make millions (F) (H)
Entered on: 2/13/2003
24. 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
25. Running Scared
Elizabeth Lowell
Romance/suspense: Ancient Celtic gold piece brings trouble (F) (P)
Entered on: 5/9/2002