Books

This is from the USA Today’s list of best-selling books over the past 15 years.

Bold what you’ve read, italicize what you own, star** books on your “To Be Read” list!



1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling art by Mary GrandPre


2 Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution - Robert C. Atkins


3 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown


4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


8 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


9 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre


10 Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson


11 The South Beach Diet - Arthur Agatston


12 Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom**


13 Angels & Demons - Dan Brown


14 What to Expect When You’re Expecting - Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

15 The Purpose-Driven Life - Rick Warren


16 The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom


17 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey**


18 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini**


19 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus - John Gray


20 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne**


21 Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (and I hated it!)


22 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee


23 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … And It’s All Small Stuff - Richard Carlson


24 The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd


25 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert**


26 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer


27 The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks


28 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter - Kim Edwards


29 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger


30 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden


31 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle


32 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! - Dr. Seuss


33 The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz


34 Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt


35 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold


36 Body-for-Life - Bill Phillips, Michael D’Orso


37 New Moon - Stephenie Meyer


38 Night - Elie Wiesel, translations by Marion Wiesel and Stella Rodway


39 Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen


40 The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw


41 Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer


42 The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield


43 Wicked - Gregory Maguire


44 Good to Great - Jim Collins


45 Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer


46 Eragon - Christopher Paolini


47 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells


48 Your Best Life Now - Joel Osteen


49 In the Kitchen With Rosie - Rosie Daley


50 Simple Abundance - Sarah Ban Breathnach


51 A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer


52 A Million Little Pieces - James Frey


53 The Testament - John Grisham


54 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger


55 Deception Point - Dan Brown


56 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho


57 Marley & Me - John Grogan


58 Dr. Atkins’ New Carbohydrate Gram Counter - Robert C. Atkins


59 Life of Pi - Yann Martel**


60 The Brethren - John Grisham


61 The South Beach Diet Good Fats Good Carbs Guide - Arthur Agatston


62 The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town - John Grisham


63 For One More Day - Mitch Albom


64 The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg


65 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald


66 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow


67 What to Expect the First Year - Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway


68 Love You Forever - Robert Munsch, art by Sheila McGraw


69 Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss


70 A Painted House - John Grisham


71 The Rainmaker - John Grisham


72 Skipping Christmas - John Grisham


73 Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier


74 The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time - Mark Haddon


75 Life Strategies - Phillip C. McGraw


76 Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand


77 The Summons - John Grisham


78 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt


79 The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien


80 The Runaway Jury - John Grisham


81 Goodnight Moon Board Book - Margaret Wise Brown, art by Clement Hurd**


82 The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger


83 Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson


84 The Giver - Lois Lowry


85 Embraced by the Light - Betty J. Eadie


86 The Chamber - John Grisham


87 You: On A Diet - Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz


88 The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson


89 Holes - Louis Sachar


90 Digital Fortress - Dan Brown


91 The Shack - William P. Young


92 The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger


93 Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen**


94 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini


95 The Seat of the Soul - Gary Zukav


96 Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff


97 The Partner - John Grisham


98 Lord of the Flies - William Golding


99 Eldest: Inheritance, Book II - Christopher Paolini


100 The Broker - John Grisham


101 The Street Lawyer - John Grisham


102 A Series of Unfortunate Events No. 1: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket


103 The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver


104 Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer


105 The King of Torts - John Grisham


106 The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell


107 The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans


108 Hannibal - Thomas Harris


109 The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama**


110 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs**


111 The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls


112 My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult


113 The Last Juror - John Grisham


114 The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson


115 Left Behind - Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins


116 America (The Book) - Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show


117 The Red Tent - Anita Diamant


118 John Adams - David McCullough


119 The Christmas Box - Richard Paul Evans


120 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares


121 Sugar Busters! - H. Leighton Steward, Sam S. Andrews, Morrison C. Bethea, Luis A. Balart


122 Blink - Malcolm Gladwell


123 The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle


124 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life - Don Piper, Cecil Murphey


125 The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien


126 1776 - David McCullough


127 The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller


128 Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts


129 The Ultimate Weight Solution - Phillip C. McGraw


130 Protein Power - Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades


131 Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff


132 Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer


133 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides


134 Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin


135 You: The Owner’s Manual - Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz


136 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List - Patricia Schult**


137 Self Matters - Phillip C. McGraw


138 She’s Come Undone - Wally Lamb


139 1984 - George Orwell


140 The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis


141 The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko


142 The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory


143 The Zone - Barry Sears, Bill Lawren


144 The Pilot’s Wife - Anita Shreve


145 The Lost World - Michael Crichton


146 Atonement - Ian McEwan


147 He’s Just Not That Into You - Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo


148 Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury**


149 The World Is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman


150 Cross - James Patterson
 
Hmm...all those diet books! And Chicken Soup for the Soul. I just have to remind myself that "best seller" doesn't always mean it's a good book.