Top 25 Books 2003_10_05

Based on sales through Sunday, October 5, 2003
Key: F=Fiction, NF=Nonfiction, P=Paperback, H=Hardcover

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

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

6. Lawless
Nora Roberts
Romance: Jake and Sarah make a life together in Lone Bluff (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

7. Four Blind Mice
James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross works with a friend to save a man from execution (F) (P)
Entered on: 11/28/2002

8. Answered Prayers
Danielle Steel
Romance: Two childhood friends rekindle relationship (F) (P)
Entered on: 11/7/2002

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

10. 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

11. Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Zulu pastor searches for his jailed son Absalom in South Africa in the 1940s; Oprah Book Club selection, classic, 2003 (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

12. Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2
Dav Pilkey
Children: Battle between Captain Underpants and the Bionic Booger Boy continues; subtitle: "The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers" (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

13. Split Second
David Baldacci
Two disgraced Secret Service agents must unravel a murder mystery (F) (H)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

14. 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

15. Q Is for Quarry
Sue Grafton
Kinsey helps solve case of woman ditched in a quarry 18 years ago (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/24/2002

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

17. East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Classic: 1952 novel follows intertwined lives of two families; Oprah's Book Club announced June 18, 2003 (F) (P)
Entered on: 6/26/2003

18. A Gentleman's Honor
Stephanie Laurens
Romance: Anthony uses his connections to protect Alicia during a murder investigation (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

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

20. Temptation
Nora Roberts
Romance: After losing everything, Eden tries to prove her worth (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

21. Midnight Flight
V.C. Andrews
Three girls are tempted into betrayal by Dr. Foreman (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003

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

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

24. 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

25. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
Greg Keyes
Jedi's most fearsome enemy plots to end the galactic war (F) (P)
Entered on: 10/9/2003