2004 Book Sense Bestsellers
Printer-friendly versionBased on sales from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004, as reported by hundreds of independent booksellers with Book Sense nationwide.
Trade Paperback Fiction
Hardcover Nonfiction
Hardcover Fiction
Children's Fiction and Illustrated
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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1. Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, Random House, $13.95, 081297106X
2004 January/February Picks
2. The 9/11 Commission Report
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (Staff), Norton, $10, 0393326713
3. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
2004 Reading Group Picks
4. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
5. Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 1400032806
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
6. Bad Cat
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
7. Tuesdays With Morrie
Mitch Albom, Broadway, $12.95, 076790592X
8. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
9. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Pickser, Random House, $13.95, 0375758992
2003 March/April Picks
10. Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, Owl, $13, 0805063897
2004 Reading Group Picks
11. Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
2004 Reading Group Picks
12. Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $14.95, 0316776963
13. Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser, Perennial, $14.95, 0060938455
2002 January/February Picks
14. The Red Hat Society
Sue Ellen Cooper, Warner, $12.95, 0446679763
15. A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.95, 076790818X
16. The Big House
George Howe Colt, Scribner, $14, 074324964X
17. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi E. Murkoff, et al., Workman, $13.95, 0761121323
18. Don't Think of an Elephant
George Lakoff, Chelsea Green, $10, 1931498717
19. Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, Warner, $16.95, 0446677450
20. Bringing Down the House
Ben Mezrich, Free Press, $14, 0743249992
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
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1. The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740
2003 March/April Picks
2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400034779
2004 Reading Group Picks
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon, Vintage, $12, 1400032717
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
4. The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
5. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Harvest, $14, 0156027321
2004 Reading Group Picks
6. Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $15, 0312422156
2004 Reading Group Picks
7. The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14, 015602943X
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
8. The Known World
Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $13.95, 0060557559
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
9. The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316168815
2004 Summer Paperback Picks
10. The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 140003180X
11. Tears of the Giraffe
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400031354
12. The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 0618485228
2004 September Notables
13. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Perennial, $14, 0060740450
14. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Lorna Landvik, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345442822
15. The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory, Scribner, $15, 0743227441
16. Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier, Vintage, $14.95, 1400077826
17. The Piano Tuner
Daniel Philippe Mason, Vintage, $14, 1400030382
2004 Reading Group Picks
18. Three Junes
Julia Glass, Anchor, $14, 0385721420
2004 Reading Group Picks
19. Morality for Beautiful Girls
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $11.95, 1400031362
20. The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $12.95, 0446693332
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $17.50, 1592400876
2. The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., Rodale, $24.95, 1579546463
3. America (The Book)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $24.95, 0446532681
4. My Life
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $35, 0375414576
5. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $24.95, 0316143464
2004 June Picks
6. The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, Zondervan, $19.99, 0310205719
7. Plan of Attack
Bob Woodward, S&S, $28, 074325547X
8. Against All Enemies
Richard A. Clarke, Free Press, $27, 0743260244
2004 Fall History Picks
9. Chronicles
Bob Dylan, S&S, $24, 0743228154
10. He's Just Not That Into You
Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo, S&S, $19.95, 068987474X
11. Big Russ & Me
Tim Russert, Miramax Books, $22.95, 1401352081
12. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060520612
13. The Ultimate Weight Solution
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw, Free Press, $26, 0743236742
14. Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, William Morrow, $24.95, 0060090251
15. Unfit for Command
John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi, Regnery, $27.95, 0895260174
16. Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson, Random House, $26.95, 0375508589
2004 July Picks
17. The World According to Mr. Rogers
Fred Rogers, Hyperion, $16.95, 1401301061
18. What's the Matter With Kansas?
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $24, 0805073396
2004 Fall History Picks
19. American Dynasty
Kevin P. Phillips, Viking, $25.95, 0670032646
20. The Price of Loyalty
Ron Suskind, S&S, $26, 0743255453
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HARDCOVER FICTION
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1. The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385504209
2003 March/April Picks
2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $19.95, 0786868716
3. The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason, Dial, $24, 0385337116
2004 June Notables
4. Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $24.95, 0375411089
2004 July Picks
5. The Last Juror
John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 0385510438
6. The Jane Austen Book Club
Karen Joy Fowler, Putnam, $23.95, 0399151613
2004 May Picks
7. The Full Cupboard of Life
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $19.95, 0375422188
8. The Plot Against America
Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 0618509283
2004 October Picks
9. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, $27.95, 1582344167
2004 September Picks
10. The Birth of Venus
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $21.95, 1400060737
2004 March/April Picks
11. Ten Big Ones
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $25.95, 0312289723
12. The Sunday Philosophy Club
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $19.95, 0375422986
13. Song of Susannah
Stephen King, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $30, 1880418592
14. The Amateur Marriage
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 1400042070
2004 January/February Picks
15. I Am Charlotte Simmons
Tom Wolfe, FSG, $28.95, 0374281580
16. State of Fear
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0066214130
17. R Is for Ricochet
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152288
18. The Lady and the Unicorn
Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, $23.95, 0525947671
2004 January/February Picks
19. Trace
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 0399152199
20. The Dark Tower
Stephen King, Donald M. Grant/Scribner, $35, 1880418622
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CHILDREN'S FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED
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1. The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410145
2. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064407667
2001 Spring Children’s Picks
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
4. Eragon
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $18.95, 0375826688
2003 Fall Children’s Picks
5. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $17.99, 0763617229
2003 Fall Children’s Picks
6. Tails
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
2003 Winter Children’s Picks
7. The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2)
Lemony Snicket, HarperTrophy, $11.99, 0064407675
2001 Spring Children’s Picks
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $9.99, 0439358078
9. Dragonology
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
10. Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $12.95, 0439456959
2004 Autumn Children's Picks
11. The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $6.99, 043942089X
2003 Fall Children’s Picks
12. Summer of the Sea Serpent (Magic Tree House #31)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $11.95, 0375827358
13. Hoot
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.95, 0375829164
14. Life of Pi (Student Edition )
Yann Martel, Harvest, $8.99, 0156030209
15. Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
16. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events #3)
Lemony Snicket, HarperTrophy, $11.99, 0064407683
2001 Spring Children’s Picks
17. The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, $11.99, 0064410137
18. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares, Delacorte, $8.95, 0385730586
19. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.50, 0440419468
20. Inkheart
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $19.95, 0439531640
2003 Fall Children’s Picks
21. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
22. Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Scholastic, $16.95, 0439372941
2004 Summer Children’s Picks
23. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $6.99, 059035342X
24. Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Hyperion/Disney, $17.99, 0786854456
2004 Winter Children’s Picks
25. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $29.99, 043935806X