Saturday, January 01, 2011

100 best selling books from 1998 to 2010

The Guardian has published a list of the best selling books from 1998 to 2010. So, I thought I'd see how many of the 100 I've read ... It's based on ISBNs which is apparently why there are two versions of some of the books.

  1. Da Vinci Code,The Brown, Dan
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone# Rowling, J. K.
  3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets# Rowling, J. K.
  4. Angels and Demons# Brown, Dan
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K.
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince:Children's Edition Rowling, J. K.
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K.
  8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban# Rowling, J. K.
  9. Twilight# Meyer, Stephenie
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K.
  11. Deception Point# Brown, Dan
  12. New Moon# Meyer, Stephenie
  13. Lovely Bones,The# Sebold, Alice
  14. Digital Fortress# Brown, Dan
  15. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,The# Haddon, Mark
  16. Eclipse# Meyer, Stephenie1
  17. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The:Millennium Trilogy# Larsson, Stieg
  18. Kite Runner,The# Hosseini, Khaled
  19. Time Traveler's Wife,The Niffenegger, Audrey
  20. World According to Clarkson,The Clarkson, Jeremy
  21. Atonement# McEwan, Ian
  22. Lost Symbol,The Brown, Dan
  23. Short History of Nearly Everything,A Bryson, Bill
  24. Breaking Dawn Meyer, Stephenie
  25. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K.
  26. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K.
  27. Girl Who Played With Fire,The:Millennium Trilogy# Larsson, Stieg
  28. Child Called It,A Pelzer, Dave
  29. No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency,The:No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S. McCall Smith, Alexander
  30. You are What You Eat:The Plan That Will Change Your Life McKeith, Gillian
  31. Man and Boy Parsons, Tony
  32. Birdsong Faulks, Sebastian
  33. Labyrinth Mosse, Kate
  34. Island,The Hislop, Victoria
  35. Life of Pi Martel, Yann
  36. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution:The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss P Atkins, Robert C.
  37. Tales of Beedle the Bard,The Rowling, J. K.
  38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis
  39. Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.1) Smith, Delia
  40. Gruffalo,The# Donaldson, Julia
  41. Eats, Shoots and Leaves:The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Truss, Lynne
  42. Northern Lights:His Dark Materials S. Pullman, Philip
  43. Interpretation of Murder,The Rubenfeld, Jed
  44. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest,The:Millennium Trilogy Larsson, Stieg
  45. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Fielding, Helen
  46. Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian,A Lewycka, Marina
  47. Alchemist,The:A Fable About Following Your Dream Coelho, Paulo
  48. Notes from a Small Island Bryson, Bill
  49. Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,The# Boyne, John
  50. Stupid White Men:...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Natio Moore, Michael
  51. Jamie's 30-minute Meals Oliver, Jamie
  52. Broker,The Grisham, John
  53. Bridget Jones's Diary:A Novel Fielding, Helen
  54. Very Hungry Caterpillar,The:The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric
  55. Thousand Splendid Suns,A Hosseini, Khaled
  56. Sound of Laughter,The Kay, Peter
  57. Jamie's Italy Oliver, Jamie
  58. Small Island# Levy, Andrea
  59. Memory Keeper's Daughter,The Edwards, Kim
  60. Billy Connolly Stephenson, Pamela
  61. House at Riverton,The Morton, Kate
  62. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix# Rowling, J. K.
  63. Nigella Express Lawson, Nigella
  64. Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur
  65. Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.2) Smith, Delia
  66. Subtle Knife,The:His Dark Materials S. Pullman, Philip
  67. Jamie's Ministry of Food:Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours Oliver, Jamie
  68. Guinness World Records 2009:2009
  69. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?:And 114 Other Questions
  70. Jamie at Home:Cook Your Way to the Good Life Oliver, Jamie
  71. White Teeth Smith, Zadie
  72. Devil Wears Prada,The Weisberger, Lauren
  73. At My Mother's Knee ...:and Other Low Joints O'Grady, Paul
  74. No Time for Goodbye Barclay, Linwood
  75. "Times" Su Doku,The:The Utterly Addictive Number-placing Puzzle:(Bk. 1
  76. Chocolat Harris, Joanne
  77. Return of the Naked Chef,The Oliver, Jamie
  78. Angela's Ashes:A Memoir of a Childhood McCourt, Frank
  79. Schott's Original Miscellany Schott, Ben
  80. Dreams from My Father:A Story of Race and Inheritance Obama, Barack
  81. Dangerous Book for Boys,The Iggulden, Conn & Iggulden, Hal
  82. To Kill a Mockingbird# Lee, Harper
  83. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince Rowling, J. K.
  84. Summons,The Grisham, John
  85. Lost Symbol,The Brown, Dan
  86. Catcher in the Rye,The Salinger, J.D.
  87. I Can Make You Thin McKenna, Paul
  88. Happy Days with the Naked Chef Oliver, Jamie
  89. Brick Lane Ali, Monica
  90. Anybody Out There? Keyes, Marian
  91. Undomestic Goddess,The Kinsella, Sophie
  92. Book Thief,The# Zusak, Markus
  93. I Know You Got Soul Clarkson, Jeremy
  94. Sharon Osbourne Extreme:My Autobiography Osbourne, Sharon
  95. Guinness World Records 2010
  96. Amber Spyglass,The:His Dark Materials S. Pullman, Philip
  97. Can You Keep a Secret? Kinsella, Sophie
  98. Down Under Bryson, Bill
  99. Spot of Bother,A Haddon, Mark
  100. Dear Fatty French, Dawn
So I make that 46 books. Maybe if I was more into cook books I could have highlighted more ... but I've certainly done my bit to help some of the big sellers to do well. Glad to see To Kill A Mockingbird on there, not many classics that are still selling well, obviously. There are also some "so what?" type books on there, I think as a result of Richard and Judy's Book Club. Right. Think I'll review the books I've read this year.

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