It was the year of the Lord--The Lord of the Rings, that is. Not since 1997's Titanic--which inspired bestseller sales for at least a dozen new and backlist books--has a single film had such a strong effect on the book business. And, in fact, the sales numbers for titles connected to the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring were astounding, way ahead of those for Titanic. The books that fared the best were the titles that make up The Lord of the Ring Trilogy--The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King--plus the prequel, The Hobbit. For several months, all four appeared on PW's weekly mass market top 15 charts; combined sales in 2001 for the four Ballantine mass market editions added up to more than 5.6 million copies. The same titles in their Houghton Mifflin trade editions sold almost 4.9 million copies combined in 2001 (this also included a boxed set and a single volume of the three trilogy books). Houghton Mifflin also published two pictorial movie tie-ins--The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Photo Guide--for a combined total of more than 360,000. All told, the very successful movie--#2 in box-office receipts for 2001--accounted for at least 10.8 million books sold last year.
Other than the standard mix of titles on these annual paperback bestseller lists--dominated by reprints of hardcover bestsellers, Oprah book club picks and Oprah guest authors, and all the books from the Left Behind series and a baker's dozen of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles--the newest category grouping were new and backlist books connected to the tragic events of September 11. As the country was reeling from the terrorist attacks, there were many who were trying to comprehend the who and why, searching for books on Osama bin Laden and Islam. The Koran appeared on PW's monthly religion paperback list. as did other books on Islam. New paperback reprints--Yale's Taliban by Ahmed Rashid and Prima's Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America by Yossef Bodansky--were on the charts in the top spots for several weeks; also making a reappearance for a few weeks were backlist titles such as Anchor's From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman (1991) and Ballantine's Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin Barber (1996). Many pictorials memorializing the September 11 events sold well in the fall; two of the bestsellers were September 11, 2001, edited by Poynter Institute (Andrews McMeel) and September 11: A Testimony by the staff of Reuters, published by Prentice Hall/Financial Times.
Trade paperback fiction continued to be a strong category in 2001, with 22 fiction titles selling more than 500,000 copies, up from the 19 novels that achieved such strong sales in 2000. Longevity for trade bestsellers continued to be the norm--14 trade paper bestsellers had tenures of 15 weeks or more; two, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and The Red Tent by Anita Diament, had perfect records, not missing a single week in 2001.
In mass market, veteran bestselling novelists dominated the 2001 annual charts. And while Grisham led the charts with sales of more than three million for A Painted House, the prolific Nora Roberts had three two-million copy bestsellers, three in the million-plus grouping and two under her pseudonym J.D. Robb in the 750,000-plus group. Her sales total for just this category (she had hardcover and trade bestsellers, too, in 2001) is astounding--close to 14 million last year.
Figuring 2001
Listed on the following pages are trade paperbacks and mass markets published in 2000 or 2001; the rankings are based on 2001 sales only. To qualify, trade paperback titles had to have sold more than 75,000 copies in 2001; for mass markets, sales of more than 750,000 were required. A single asterisk (*) indicates the book was published in 2000; a double asterisk (**) means the book was published earlier but either remained or reappeared on the charts in the year 2001. Those reappearances often were movie tie-ins or Oprah selections; this year, some reappeared after September 11 (these are indicated by ***). A number symbol (#) indicates that the shipped and billed figure was rounded down to the nearest 10,000 to indicate its relationship to sales figures of other titles. The actual figures were given to PW in confidence for use in placing titles on these lists.
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1 MILLION+
*Life Strategies. Phillip McGraw. Rep. Hyperion (1,812,714)
We Were the Mulveneys. Joyce Carol Oates. Reissue. Plume (1,550,000)
The Indwelling (Left Behind Series #7). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,132,920)
The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin (1,061,997)
Icy Sparks. Gwyn Hyman Rubio. Rep. Penguin (1,004,231)
**The Red Tent. Anita Diamant. Rep. Picador USA (1,000,000)
Girl with a Pearl Earring. Tracy Chevalier. Rep. Plume (1,000,000)
750,000+
The Fellowship of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin (995,991)
The Mark (Left Behind Series #8): The Beast Rules the World. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (972,536)
**Left Behind (Left Behind Series #1). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (947,543)
Bridget Jones's Diary. Helen Fielding. Movie tie-in. Penguin (920,092)
The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin (919,888)
Band of Brothers. Stephen E. Ambrose. Rep. Touchstone (858,700)
**The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz. Orig. Amber-Allen (850,546)
**Tribulation Force (Left Behind Series #2). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (828,006)
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel. David Borgenicht and John Piven. Rep. Chronicle (771,785)
**Nicolae (Left Behind Series #3). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (765,037)
500,000+
The Two Towers. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin(744,365)
*House of Sand & Fog. Andre Dubus. Rep. Vintage (717,073)
The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin (706,752)
**Soul Harvest (Left Behind Series #4). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (695,754)
Apollyon (Left Behind Series #5). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (685,159)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Helen Fielding. Rep. Penguin (580,309)
*Assassins (Left Behind Series #6). Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (571,830)
*Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Orig. Warner (547,713)
A Fine Balance. Rohinton Mistry. Reissue. Vintage (542,725)
*Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens. Richard Carlson. Orig. Hyperion (523,576)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Dave Eggers. Rep. Vintage (512,427)
#The Greatest Generation. Tom Brokaw. Rep. Dell (510,000)
250,000+
The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Houghton Mifflin (458,806)
Prodigal Summer. Barbara Kingsolver. Rep. HarperCollins (450,000)
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: On Tough Stuff. Canfield, Hansen and Kirberger. Orig. HCI (430,900)
Drowning Ruth. Christina Schwarz. Rep. Ballantine (427,602)
Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul. Canfield, Hansen and Donnelly. Orig. HCI (406,487)
*Relationship Rescue. Phillip McGraw. Rep. Hyperion (404,346)
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul 2. Canfield, Hansen, Shimoff and Kline. Orig. HCI (399,448)
Me Talk Pretty One Day. David Sedaris. Rep. Little, Brown (395,149)
In the Heart of the Sea. Nathaniel Philbrick. Rep. Penguin (373,978)
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex. David Borgenicht and John Piven. Rep. Chronicle (370,755)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Women. Kristine Carlson. Orig. Hyperion (368,962)
*Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor. Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds. Orig. St. Martin's (356,000)
Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995. Bill Watterson. Orig. Andrews McMeel (351,481)
*Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. Richard Carlson. Orig. Hyperion (342,630)
Remembering The Intimidator. Triumph Editors. Orig. Triumph (328,224)
It's Not About the Bike. Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins. Rep. Berkley (321,669)
*Chocolat. Joanne Harris. Movie tie-in. Penguin (320,449)
A Queen for All Seasons. Linda Cobb. Orig. Pocket (319,834)
Little Magic. Nora Roberts. Rep. Berkley (314,249)
*Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Hansen and Dunlap. Orig. HCI (313,840)
Open House. Elizabeth Berg. Rep. Ballantine (312,309)
*A Man Named Dave. Dave Pelzer. Rep. Plume (305,000)
Nothing Like It in the World. Stephen E. Ambrose. Rep. Touchstone (296,800)
The Blind Assassin. Margaret Atwood. Rep. Anchor (296,616)
4 Blondes. Candace Bushnell. Rep. Grove Atlantic (287,047)
*Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 3. Canfield, Hansen and Kirberger. Orig. HCI (285,454)
Taliban. Ahmed Rashid. Rep. Yale Univ. (278,045)
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide. Brian Sibley. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (276,524)
#Flags of Our Fathers. James Bradley with Ron Powers. Rep. Bantam (275,000)
Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul. Canfield, Hansen and Slagter. Orig. HCI (271,969)
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters. Canfield, Hansen and Kirberger. Orig. HCI (269,874)
Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Buck, Owen, Stone and Sturgulewski. Orig. HCI (268,749)
Fortune's Rocks. Anita Shreve. Rep. Little, Brown (263,735)
Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Mitchell-Autio and Thieman. Orig. HCI (263,320)
Corelli's Mandolin. Louis de Bernieres. Movie tie-in. Vintage (261,313)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Michael Chabon. Rep. Picador USA (260,000)
*Hungry Ocean. Linda Greenlaw. Rep. Hyperion (258,766)
100,000+
Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor. Anne Byrn. Orig. Workman(243,067)
The Wrinkle Cure. Nicholas Perricone, M.D. Rep. Warner (242,170)
Big Stone Gap. Adriana Trigiani. Rep. Ballantine (231,545)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Men. Richard Carlson. Orig. Hyperion (231,218)
***Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America. Yossef Bodansky. Rep. Prima/Crown (225,000)
Shopgirl. Steve Martin. Rep. Hyperion (222,632)
Robert Ludlum's The Cassandra Compact. Robert Ludlum and Phillip Shelby. Orig. St. Martin's (222,000)
Courage to be Rich. Suze Orman. Rep. Riverhead (221,625)
On Writing. Stephen King. Rep. Pocket (215,080)
*Galileo's Daughter. Dava Sobel. Rep. Penguin (213,287)
Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Donnelly and LaSorda. Orig. HCI (209,309)
White Teeth. Zadie Smith. Rep. Vintage (209,028)
*Rachel's Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott. Beth Nimmo, Darrell Scott and Steve Rabey. Orig. Thomas Nelson (208,328)
*Amy and Isabelle. Elizabeth Strout. Rep. Vintage (206,294)
*The Case for Faith. Lee Strobel. Orig. Zondervan (205,463)
Kitchen Confidential. Anthony Bourdain. Rep. HarperCollins (200,000)
#Confessions of a Shopaholic. Sophie Kinsella. Rep. Dell (200,000)
Hour Before Daylight. Jimmy Carter. Rep. Touchstone (197,800)
Closing the Gap. Jay McGraw. Orig. Fireside (196,000)
Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid. Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Orig. Warner (194,031)
Bee Season. Myla Goldberg. Rep. Anchor (192,560)
*Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Susan Vreeland. Rep. Penguin (189,764)
*While I Was Gone. Sue Miller. Rep. Ballantine (187,384)
How to Grill. Steven Raichlen. Orig. Workman (186,130)
Where the Heart Is. Billie Letts. Movie tie-in. Warner (184,951)
Special Forces. Tom Clancy. Orig. Berkley (184,130)
Until Today! Iyanla Vanzant. Rep. Fireside (183,300)
**Mere Christianity. C.S. Lewis. Rep. Harper San Francisco (179,827)
*The Vagina Monologues. Eve Ensler. Orig. Villard (177,822)
Living Through the Meantime. Iyanla Vanzant. Orig. Fireside (176,260)
Anil's Ghost. Michael Ondaatje. Rep. Vintage (176,018)
Paris to the Moon. Adam Gopnik. Rep. Random House (175,213)
The Mists of Avalon. Marion Zimmer Bradley. Movie tie-in. Del Rey (171,576)
Windows XP for Dummies. Andy Rathbone. Orig. Wiley (166,032)
*Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri. Rep. Houghton Mifflin (165,054)
*The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom. Suze Orman. Rep. Three Rivers (162,878)
*A New Song. Jan Karon. Rep. Penguin (162,056)
*J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter. Marc Shapiro. Orig. St. Martin's (161,300)
In the Line of Duty: A Tribute to New York's Finest and Bravest. Orig. HarperCollins (160,000)
Eating Well for Optimum Health. Andrew Weil. Rep. HarperCollins (160,000)
Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul. Canfield, Hansen and Elkins. Orig. HCI (156,192)
Disobedience. Jane Hamilton. Rep. Anchor (154,779)
It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy. Charles M. Schulz. Orig. Ballantine (154,672)
*Black Hawk Down. Mark Bowden. Movie tie-in. Penguin (153,049)
September 11, 2001. Poynter Institute. Orig. Andrews McMeel (150,489)
River King. Alice Hoffman. Reissue. Berkley (150,278)
#The Greatest Generation Speaks. Tom Brokaw. Rep. Dell (150,000)
The New New Thing. Michael Lewis. Rep. Penguin (149,066)
*Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book. Adobe Creative Team. Orig. Adobe (145,251)
The Dress Lodger. Sheri Holman. Rep. Ballantine (143,998)
Western Garden Book. Kathleen Brenzel. Reissue. Sunset (143,620)
Ethics for the New Millennium. Dalai Lama. Reissue. Riverhead (142,520)
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. Seamus Heaney. Rep. Norton(142,423)
*The Cashflow Quadrant. Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Orig. Warner (142,222)
*Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Meyer, Chesser and Seeger. Orig. HCI (141,891)
The Feast of Love. Charles Baxter. Rep. Vintage (139,091)
The Nature of Good and Evil. Sylvia Browne. Orig. Hay House (136,740)
*The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Thomas L. Friedman. Rep. Anchor (135,474)
The Human Stain. Phillip Roth. Rep. Vintage (135,284)
Help Yourself. Dave Pelzer. Rep. Plume (135,000)
Garfield at Large. Jim Davis. Orig. Ballantine (134,960)
The Gates of the Alamo. Stephen Harrigan. Rep. Penguin (134,269)
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens. Jill Conner Browne. Orig. Three Rivers (133,710)
Prayers. Don Miguel Ruiz with Janet Mills. Orig. Amber-Allen (130,232)
The Battle for God. Karen Armstrong. Rep. Ballantine (127,858)
***From Beirut to Jerusalem. Thomas L. Friedman. Rep. Anchor (127,636)
The Travel Detective. Peter Greenberg. Orig. Villard (126,547)
When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View? Scott Adams. Orig. Andrews McMeel (125,309)
From Dawn to Decadence. Jacques Barzun. Rep. HarperCollins (125,000)
#Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. Tom Robbins. Rep. Bantam
Dispatches from the Tenth Circle. Edited by Robert Siegel. Orig. Three Rivers (124,899)
The Girlfriends' Guide to Getting Your Groove Back. Vicki Iovine. Rep. Perigee (120,635)
Weber's Big Book of Grilling. Jamie Purviance. Rep. Chronicle (117,912)
BodyChange. Montel Williams and Wini Linguvic. Orig. Hay House (116,824)
Standing for Something. Gordon B. Hinckley. Rep. Three Rivers (116,695)
*Bad Girls Guide to Getting What You Want. Cameron Tuttle. Rep. Chronicle (115,652)
Soul Mountain. Gao Xingjian. Rep. HarperCollins (115,000)
*White Oleander. Janet Fitch. Rep. Little, Brown (114,259)
Desire of the Everlasting Hills. Thomas Cahill. Rep. Anchor (113,990)
A Beautiful Mind. Sylvia Nasar. Movie tie-in. Touchstone (113,079)
Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food. Suzanne Somers. Rep. Three Rivers (112,649)
Horse Heaven. Jane Smiley. Rep. Ballantine (112,537)
*The Hours. Michael Cunningham. Rep. Picador USA (112,000)
*Microsoft Windows ME for Dummies. Andy Rathbone. Orig. Wiley (111,136)
How to Know God. Deepak Chopra. Rep. Three Rivers (110,754)
Speaking with the Angel. Edited by Nick Hornby. Rep. Riverhead (108,724)
Photoshop 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas. Orig. Peachpit (108,378)
Excuse Me While I Wag. Scott Adams. Orig. Andrews McMeel (107,870)
George W. Bushisms. Jacob Weisberg. Orig. Fireside (106,100)
Chocolate for a Women's Dreams. Kay Allenbaugh. Orig. Fireside (103,360)
Enemy at the Gates. William Craig. Movie tie-in. Penguin (103,123)
My Grandfather's Blessings. Rachael Remen, M.D. Rep. Riverhead (102,799)
*Lady & Sons, Too. Paula Deen. Orig. Villard (102,738)
*The Jumbo Duct Tape Book. Tim and Jim (The Duct Tape Guys). Orig. Workman (101,624)
75,000+
The Business Plan for the Body. Jim Karas. Orig. Three Rivers (99,366)
Lord, I Want to Be Whole: The Power of Prayer and Scripture in Emotional Healing. Stormie Omartian. Orig. Thomas Nelson (97,962)
*The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Melissa Bank. Rep. Penguin (95,171)
*Rich Dad Guide to Investing. Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Orig. Warner (94,228)
Cherry. Mary Karr. Rep. Penguin (93,225)
*A Cup of Comfort. Colleen Sell. Orig. Adams Media (93,182)
America's Queen. Sarah Bradford. Rep. Penguin (92,571)
Riding in Cars with Boys. Beverly Donofrio. Movie tie-in. Penguin(92,204)
Beauty: The New Basics. Rona Berg. Orig. Workman (92,143)
Gone for Soldiers. Jeff Shaara. Rep. Ballantine (91,049)
*Gap Creek. Robert Morgan. Rep. Scribner (88,300)
*Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy. Harry H. Harrison Jr. Orig. Workman (88,273)
In the Fall. Jeffery Lent. Rep. Vintage (88,125)
Beloved. Toni Morrison. Movie tie-in. Plume (88,000)
*Plainsong. Kent Haruf. Rep. Vintage (87,716)
***Jihad vs. McWorld. Benjamin Barber. Rep. Ballantine (87,439)
When We Were Orphans. Kazuo Ishiguro. Rep. Vintage (86,944)
Brunelleschi's Dome. Ross King. Rep. Penguin (86,717)
*God, Creation, and Tools for Life. Sylvia Browne. Orig. Hay House (86,653)
Remembering Dale Earnhardt. Rich Wolfe. Orig. Triumph (86,322)
Boone's Lick. Larry McMurtry. Rep. Scribner Paperback Fiction (86,240)
Simpsons Comics Royale. Matt Groening. Orig. HarperCollins (86,000)
A Conspiracy of Paper. David Liss. Rep. Ballantine (85,611)
Chocolate for a Teen's Heart. Kay Allenbaugh. Orig. Fireside (85,120)
Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. Rep. HarperCollins (85,000)
The Shipping News. Annie Proulx. Movie tie-in. Scribner (84,850)
*Waiting. Ha Jin. Rep. Vintage (84,618)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Photo Guide. Edited by Alison Sage. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (84,215)
J.K. Lasser's New Tax Law Simplified. Orig. Wiley (83,193)
True History of the Kelly Gang. Peter Carey. Rep. Vintage (83,132)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Edmund Morris. Reissue. Modern Library (83,121)
Praying God's Will for Your Life: A Prayerful Walk to Spiritual Well Being. Stormie Omartian. Orig. Thomas Nelson (82,176)
River-Horse. William Least Heat-Moon. Rep. Penguin (81,999)
Midwives. Chris Bohjalian. Movie tie-in. Vintage (81,737)
Face Forward. Kevyn AuCoin. Rep. Little, Brown (81,636)
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. Amanda Foreman. Rep. Modern Library (80,225)
The Family Orchard. Nomi Eve. Rep. Vintage (80,042)
Day of Infamy. Walter Lord. Reissue. Holt (80,000)
*Cook Right for Your Type. Dr. Peter D'Adamo. Rep. Berkley (79,358)
*The Language of Threads. Gail Tsukiama. Rep. St. Martin's (79,000)
Inca Gold. Clive Cussler. Rep. Pocket (77,904)
*Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul. Canfield, Hansen, Aubery and Mitchell. Orig. HCI (77,557)
***A History of God. Karen Armstrong. Ballantine Rep. (77,376)
***The Koran. Trans. by N.J. Dawood. Rep. Penguin (77,365)
*Life Strategies for Teens. Jay McGraw. Orig. Fireside (77,170)
1001 Playthinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games. Ivan Moscovich. Orig. Workman (76,171)\
The Camino. Shirley MacLaine. Rep. Pocket (77,022)
*Landscaping With Stone. Sunset Editors. Orig. Sunset (75,719)
September 11: A Testimony. Staff of Reuters. Orig. Prentice Hall/Financial Times (75,315)
*Small Miracles for Women. Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal. Orig. Adams Media (75,215)
ALMANACS, ATLASES & ANNUALS
The World Almanac And Book of Facts 2002. Edited by Ken Park. Orig. World Almanac (1,207,333)
*The World Almanac And Book of Facts 2001. Edited by Ken Park.
Orig. World Almanac (314,704)
The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2002. Orig. Wiley (196,029)
J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2002. Orig. Wiley (185,522)
The Best American Short Stories 2001. Edited by Barbara Kingsolver. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (123,069)
ESPN 2002 Almanac. Gerry Brown, Mike Morrison and the Editors of Information Please. Orig. Hyperion (115,854)
What Color Is Your Parachute 2002. Richard Nelson Bolles. Orig. Ten Speed (109,535)
*What Color Is Your Parachute 2001. Richard Nelson Bolles. Orig. Ten Speed (97,026)
The New York Times Almanac 2002. Edited by John W. Wright. Orig. Penguin (81,096)
MASS MARKET
TWO MILLION+
#A Painted House. John Grisham. Rep. Dell (3,000,000+)
#Hannibal. Thomas Harris. Movie tie-in. Dell (2,900,000)
Dance upon Air. Nora Roberts. Orig. Berkley (2,500,000)
Heaven and Earth. Nora Roberts. Orig. Berkley (2,300,000)
Bear and Dragon. Tom Clancy. Reissue. Berkley (2,200,000)
Carolina Moon. Nora Roberts. Reissue. Berkley (2,100,000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Del Rey (2,042,826)
Last Precinct. Patricia Cornwell. Reissue. Berkley (2,000,000)
ONE MILLION+
#Before I Say Goodbye. Mary Higgins Clark. Rep. Pocket (1,870,000)
Time and Again. Nora Roberts. Orig. Silhouette (1,760,000)
Reflections and Dreams. Nora Roberts. Orig. Silhouette (1,730,000)
#Journey. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,700,000)
Stanislavsky Sisters. Nora Roberts. Orig. Silhouette (1,700,000)
The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Del Rey (1,624,790)
#Dreamcatcher. Stephen King. Rep. Pocket (1,580,000)
#From the Corner of His Eye. Dean Koontz. Rep. Bantam (1,525,000)
Easy Prey. John Sandford. Reissue. Berkley (1,500,000)
#The Wedding. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,450,000)
Winter Solstice. Rosamunde Pilcher. Rep. St. Martin's (1,400,000)
Roses Are Red. James Patterson. Rep. Warner (1,341,251)
#Deck the Halls. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins. Rep. Pocket (1,320,000)
The Prometheus Deception. Robert Ludlum. Rep. St. Martin's (1,300,000)
Tom Clancy's Op-Center, Vol. VIII. Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik and Jeff Rovin. Orig. Berkley (1,300,000)
Atlantis Found. Clive Cussler. Reissue. Berkley (1,300,000)
Code to Zero. Ken Follett. Orig. NAL (1,300,000)
Devil's Code. John Sandford. Reissue. Berkley (1,300,000)
O Is for Outlaw. Sue Grafton. Rep. Ballantine (1,275,065)
#The House on Hope Street. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,275,000)
Dr. Death. Jonathan Kellerman. Rep. Ballantine (1,251,502)
Protect and Defend. Richard North Patterson. Rep. Ballantine (1,225,086)
Sky Is Falling. Sidney Sheldon. Rep. Warner (1,216,156)
#Heartbreaker. Julie Garwood. Rep. Pocket (1,130,000)
Tom Clancy's Net Force #5. Tom Clancy. Orig. Berkley (1,100,000)
Scottish Bride. Catherine Coulter. Orig. Berkley (1,100,000)
Power Plays Cold War. Tom Clancy. Orig. Berkley (1,100,000)
Riptide. Catherine Coulter. Reissue. Berkley (1,100,000)
Nightshade. John Saul. Rep. Ballantine (1,082,769)
#Temptation. Jude Deveraux. Rep. Pocket (1,050,000)
Omerta. Mario Puzo. Rep. Ballantine (1,036,591)
The Talisman. Stephen King and Peter Straub. Rep. Fawcett (1,031,349)
#Hearts in Atlantis. Stephen King. Movie tie-in. Pocket
The Switch. Sandra Brown. Rep. Warner (1,029,119)
#The Search. Iris Johansen. Rep. Bantam (1,025,00)
The Rescue. Nicholas Sparks. Rep. Warner (1,017,917)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Del Rey (1,014,109)
Cradle and All. James Patterson. Rep. Warner (1,012,195)
#The End of the Rainbow. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (1,000,000)
750,000+
#Vineyard. Barbara Delinsky. Rep. Pocket (960,000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie tie-in. Del Rey (951,175)
Home for the Holidays. Johanna Lindsey. Rep. HarperCollins(950,000)
Seduction in Death. J.D. Robb. Orig. Berkley (950,000)
Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor. Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds. Rep. St. Martin's (960,000)
Betrayal in Death. J.D. Robb. Orig. Berkley (950,000)
Wish You Well. David Baldacci. Rep. Warner (975,398)
Dawn in Eclipse Bay. Jayne Ann Krentz. Orig. Berkley (900,000)
Whispers. Dean Koontz. Reissue. Berkley (900,000)
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. Robert C. Atkins. Rep. HarperCollins (900,000)
Lost and Found. Jayne Ann Krentz. Reissue. Berkley (900,000)
Impulse. Catherine Coulter. Reissue. NAL (850,000)
Hot Six. Janet Evanovich. Rep. St. Martin's (850,000)
#Ice. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket
*Cuba. Stephen Coonts. Rep. St. Martin's (840,000)
#NUMA Files 2: Blue Gold. Clive Cussler. Orig. Pocket
#Cinnamon. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (825,000)
Vittorio the Vampire. Anne Rice. Rep. Ballantine (790,079)
Angel Falls. Kristin Hannah. Rep. Ballantine (776,327)
Nothing but the Truth. John Lescroat. Orig. NAL (775,000)
#Rose. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (770,000)
#The Empty Chair. Jeffrey Deaver. Rep. Pocket (755,000)
#Honey. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (755,000)
16 Lighthouse Road. Debbie Macomber. Orig. Mira (755,000)
