These days, its nearly impossible to make a splash on the paperback bestseller charts if the author isn't already a known entity, the book isn't part of an established brand and/or Oprah hasn't given the title a nod. Heck, it's hard to get any attention without these elements in hardcover, too, but you can sometimes get lucky on that list with a news hook or great reviews.
Check out the books that sold more than one million copies in trade paper. The novels in this group are either titles in the phenomenally bestselling Left Behind series or Oprah Book Club picks. Almost all the nonfiction bestsellers are holdovers from last year, part of Health Communications' Chicken Soup brand or, again, books that have been featured by Oprah.
In mass market, the million-plus group is a veritable who's who in bestselling fiction. Household names like John Grisham (with two books) and Nora Roberts (seven books) top the list. No slouches, Danielle Steel, Catherine Coulter and Sandra Brown have three books apiece. And Stephen King, Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson each have two on the mass market charts. There are four V.C. Andrews bestsellers, all written after her death by authors continuing in her bestselling tradition. And there are four action novels by Tom Clancy with co-writers; he wields the sales power and the other authors wield the pen. The only nonfiction mass market with sales of more than 750,000 copies is Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (Avon) by Dr. Robert C. Atkins; as of March 12, it's enjoyed a 208-week tenure on the weekly PW mass market list.
Number Adjustments
This year, we address the changing nature of the paperback marketplace in two ways. We are no longer listing trade paper sales of 50,000—75,000 on these annual charts; to be included, sales have to be exceed 75,000. For the first time, we're listing mass market titles with sales of 750,000. Both moves reflect the changes in the softcover market—the first recognizes the dramatic increases in trade paperback numbers; the second addresses the fact that with the consolidation of mass market independent distributors, unit sales for rack-size paperbacks have seriously decreased.
Just five years ago on these annual charts, there were only two trade paperbacks with sales of two million or more; the 2000 group has 19 books that achieve that sales grade (almost double the 10 books that did so in 1999). At the 500,000-plus level, there were five trade paperbacks in 1995, 17 in 1999 and that number grew to 27 in 2000. Not only is this format one of the fastest growing in the business, it is also the format that has the longest shelf life. Of the 75 titles that were on the weekly 2000 charts, at least half had double-digit weekly tenures. This group also included 17 titles that have so far been on the charts for more than six months.
In mass market, the picture is different. There were 154 titles on the 2000 weekly charts, and only 13 of them have to date enjoyed double-digit runs. The shorter shelf life as well as the distributor consolidation impacts the total sales figures achieved by mass market bestsellers. Back in 1995, 58 books had sales of more than one million; that figure included 13 books with sales of more than two million. In 2000, there were 49 titles with sales of more than one million and only seven in this group were in the two-million-plus column.
Figuring the 2000 List
Listed on the following pages are trade paperbacks and mass markets published in 1999 or 2000; the rankings are based on 2000 sales only. To qualify, trade paperback titles had to have sold at least 75,000 copies in 2000; for mass markets, sales of at least 750,000 or more were required. A single asterisk (*) indicates the book was published in 1999; a double asterisk (**) means the book was published earlier, but either remained or reappeared on the charts in the year 2000. Those reappearances often were movie tie-ins or Oprah selections. A number sign (#) indicates that the shipped and billed number was rounded down to the nearest 25,000 to indicate relationship to sales figures of other titles. The actual figures were given to PW in confidence for use in placing titles on the lists.
TRADE PAPERBACKS
ONE MILLION+
**A Child Called "It." Dave Pelzer. Orig. HCI (1,833,286)
**Left Behind. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Orig. Tyndale (1,770,046)
*The Poisonwood Bible. Barbara Kingsolver. Rep. HarperPerennial (1,759,929)
*Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark & Chrissy Donnelly and Barbara De Angelis. Orig. HCI (1,451,613)
Apollyon. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,410,763)
**Tribulation Force. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,333,879)
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger. Orig. HCI (1,326,652)
While I Was Gone. Sue Miller. Rep. Ballantine (1,313,170)
House of Sand and Fog. Andre Dubus III. Rep. Vintage (1,304,390)
#Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean. Linda Cobb. Orig. Pocket (1,250,000)
**The Lost Boy. Dave Pelzer. Orig. HCI (1,193,713)
*The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook. Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. Orig. Chronicle (1,178,000)
*Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jeff Aubery, and Mark & Chrissy Donnelly. Orig. HCI (1,147,980)
**Nicolae. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,127,473)
#The Millionaire Next Door. William Danko and Thomas Stanley. Reissue. Pocket (1,075,000)
Assassins. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,058,782)
*Soul Harvest. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. Rep. Tyndale (1,058,782)
Rich Dad Poor Dad. Robert T. Kiyosaki. Orig. Warner (1,042,314)
**Seat of the Soul. Gary Zukav. Rep. S&S/Fireside (1,017,800)
500,000+
The Bluest Eye. Toni Morrison. Rep. Plume (979,004)
*Chicken Soup for the College Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger and Dan Clark. Orig. HCI (915,869)
**The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz. Orig. Amber Allen (906,171)
*Angela's Ashes. Frank McCourt. Rep. S&S/Touchstone (853,000)
*Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marty Becker, D.V.M., and Carol Kline. Orig. HCI (747,604)
#*A Walk in the Woods. Bill Bryson. Rep. Broadway (735,000)
*Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Heather McNamara. Orig. HCI (730,626)
A New Song. Jan Karon. Rep. Penguin (650,000)
White Oleander. Janet Fitch. Rep. Little, Brown (620,094)
'Tis. Frank McCourt. Rep. S&S/Touchstone (618,000)
Life Strategies. Philip C. McGraw. Rep. Hyperion (615,615)
*A 6th Bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Orig. HCI (609,645)
Chicken Soup for the Sport's Fan Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark & Chrissy Donnelly and Jim Tunney. Orig. HCI (606,393)
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd Ed. Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, and James Balch, M.D. Reissue. Avery/Putnam (600,127)
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen and Irene Dunlap. Orig. HCI (574,466)
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Melissa Bank. Rep. Penguin (560,000)
The Hours. Michael Cunningham. Rep. Picador (558,901)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens. Richard Carlson. Orig. Hyperion (549,153)
Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne and Marci Shimoff. Orig. HCI (545,982)
*Teen Love Series on Relationships. Kimberly Kirberger. Orig. HCI (537,056)
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Paul J. Meyer, Barbara Russell Chesser and Amy Seeger. Orig. HCI (533,022)
*The Pilot's Wife. Anita Shreve. Rep. Little, Brown (530,629)
#Blue Gold. Clive Cussler. Orig. Pocket (525,000)
#Take Time for Your Life. Cheryl Richardson. Rep. Broadway (510,000)
A Season Beyond a Kiss. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. Orig. Avon (505,171)
Plainsong. Kent Haruf. Rep. Vintage (504,235)
**A Map of the World. Jane Hamilton. Rep. Anchor (501,570)
250,000+
*Girl, Interrupted. Susanna Kaysen. Movie tie-in. Vintage (483,270)
**The Red Tent. Anita Diamant. Rep. Picador (471,119)
**The Power of a Praying Wife. Stormie Omartian. Orig. Harvest House. (467,712)
*Taste Berries for Teens. Bettie B. Youngs and Jennifer Leigh Youngs. Orig. HCI (462,938)
Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger and Raymond Aaron. Orig. HCI (452,305)
Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell Autio. Orig. HCI (448,982)
Crazy Plates. Janet and Greta Podleski. Orig. Perigee (430,526)
**Memoirs of a Geisha. Arthur Golden. Rep. Vintage (424,477)
A Man Named Dave. Dave Pelzer. Rep. Plume (409,858)
Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor. Robert Ludlum with Gayle Lynds. Orig. St. Martin's/Griffin (400,000)
Daughter of Fortune. Isabel Allende. Rep. HarperPerennial (380,781)
Gap Creek. Robert Morgan. Rep. Scribner Paperback Fiction (380,000)
*Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Debbie Ford. Rep. Riverhead (378,036)
Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell Autio. Orig. HCI (376,918)
*Snow Falling on Cedars. David Guterson. Movie tie-in. Vintage (364,450)
#Mother of Pearl. Melinda Haynes. Rep. Pocket/Washington Square (350,000)
Yesterday, I Cried. Iyanla Vanzant. Rep. Fireside (350,000)
From the Heart. Nora Roberts. Rep. Berkley (326,380)
All the Pretty Horses. Cormac McCarthy. Movie tie-in. Vintage (319,579)
Life Strategies for Teens. Jay McGraw. Orig. S&S/Fireside (300,000)
East of the Mountains. David Guterson. Rep. Harcourt (295,000)
*Microsoft Office 2000 for Windows for Dummies. Wallace Wang and Roger C. Parker. Orig. Hungry Minds (292,041)
Galileo's Daughter. Dava Sobel. Rep. Penguin (290,000)
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom. Suze Orman. Rep. Three Rivers (283,308)
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing. Robert T. Kiyosaki. Orig. Warner (281,425)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. Richard Carlson. Rep. Hyperion (278,491)
#The Pilates Body. Brooke Siler. Orig. Broadway (268,583)
It's Your Money. Christos M. Cotsakos. Orig. HarperBusiness (263,052)
Soul Stories. Gary Zukav. Rep. S&S/Fireside (253,000)
The Hungry Ocean. Linda Greenlaw. Rep. Hyperion (252,776)
*Stories for a Teen's Heart. Compiled by Alice Gray. Orig. Multnomah (250,496)
*Bridget Jones's Diary. Helen Fielding. Rep. Penguin (250,000)
100,000+
Bella Tuscany. Frances Mayes. Rep. Broadway (248,398)
Black Hawk Down. Mark Dowden. Rep. Penguin (240,000)
Waiting. Ha Jin. Rep. Vintage (233,233)
**The Power of a Praying Parent. Stormie Omartian. Orig. Harvest House (229,300)
The Beach. Alex Garland. Rep. Riverhead (229,112)
The Elegant Universe. Brian Greene Rep. Vintage (228,719)
Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (222,000)
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Bud Gardner. Orig. HCI (212,491)
Chocolat. Joanne Harris. Rep. Penguin (210,000)
Every Man a Tiger. Tom Clancy and Chuck Horner. Rep. Berkley (201,781)
*Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight. Suzanne Somers. Rep. Three Rivers (200,354)
*Microsoft Windows ME (Millennium Edition) for Dummies. Andy Rathbone. Orig. Hungry Minds (196,534)
*In the Meantime. Iyanla Vanzant. Rep. Fireside (196,000)
The Simple Abundance Companion. Sarah Ban Breathnach. Rep. Warner (192,363)
*Revelation Unveiled. Tim LaHaye. Rep. Zondervan (191,207)
God, Creations, and Tools for Life. Sylvia Browne. Orig. Hay House (187,849)
American Psycho. Bret Easton Ellis. Movie tie-in. Vintage (187,428)
The Cashflow Quadrant. Robert T. Kiyosaki. Orig. Warner (187,276)
High Fidelity. Nick Hornby. Rep. Riverhead (179,707)
Isaac's Storm. Erik Larsen. Rep. Vintage (179,198)
*A+ Certification for Dummies. Ron Gilster. Orig. Hungry Minds (176,344)
Traveling Mercies. Anne Lamott. Rep. Anchor (171,222)
The Little Prince. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Rep. Harcourt (168,000)
Something More. Sarah Ban Breathnach. Orig. Warner (166,810)
J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter. Marc Shapiro. Orig. St. Martin's/Griffin (165,000)
Amy and Isabelle. Elizabeth Strout. Rep. Vintage (162,524)
*Stories for a Woman's Heart. Compiled by Alice Gray. Orig. Multnomah (161,899)
*One Last Time. John J. Edward. Rep. Berkley (160,876)
The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord. T.D. Jakes. Rep. Berkley (159,556)
Peanuts 2000. Charles M. Schulz. Orig. Ballantine (157,664)
Living the Seven Habits. Stephen Covey. Rep. S&S/Fireside (156,000)
*The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do. John C. Friel and Linda D. Friel. Orig. HCI (155,830)
Raising Cain. Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson. Rep. Ballantine (155,667)
Boy Meets Girl. Joshua Harris. Orig. Multnomah (155,189)
*Kiss of God. Marshall Stewart Ball. Orig. HCI (154,469)
#His Bright Light. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (150,000)
Britney Spears' Heart to Heart. Britney Spears and Lynne Spears. Orig. Three Rivers (148,501)
Dilbert: Random Acts of Management. Scott Adams. Orig. Andrews McMeel (148,000)
Chocolate for a Teen's Soul. Kay Allenbaugh. Orig. S&S/Fireside (145,000)
The Life Strategies Workbook. Philip C. McGraw. Orig. Hyperion (144,382)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself. Bill Bryson. Rep. Broadway (143,485)
How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have. John Gray. Rep. HarperPerennial (140,965)
*Wall Street Journal Guide to Money and Investing. Kenneth Morris. Orig. S&S/Fireside (138,000)
The Orchard Thief. Susan Orlean. Rep. Ballantine (133,982)
Garfield Hogs the Spotlight. Jim Davis. Orig. Ballantine (133,881)
Relationship Rescue Workbook. Philip C. McGraw. Orig. Hyperion (132,813)
Ahab's Wife. Sena Jeter Naslund. Rep. HarperPerennial (132,106)
Soul's Perfection. Sylvia Browne. Orig. Hay House (129,841)
Encore Provence. Peter Mayle. Rep. Vintage (129,781)
The Case for Faith. Lee Strobel. Orig. Zondervan (129,592)
When Pride Still Mattered. David Maraniss. Rep. S&S/Touchstone (129,000)
*The Talented Mr. Ripley. Patricia Highsmith. Movie tie-in. Vintage (127,285)
*Teach Yourself MS Office 2000 Visually. Ruth Maran. Orig. Hungry Minds (125,129)
Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Susan Vreeland. Rep. Penguin (125,000)
*A Widow for a Year. John Irving. Rep. Ballantine (121,746)
*Hanna's Daughters. Marianne Fredriksson. Rep. Ballantine (121,455)
*MS Office 2000 Simplified. Ruth Maran. Orig. Hungry Minds (120,075)
*Excel 2000 for Windows for Dummies. Greg Harvey. Orig. Hungry Minds (119,786)
*Word 2000 for Windows for Dummies. Dan Gookin. Orig. Hungry Minds (117,737)
#The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy. Vickie Iovine. Reissue. Pocket
Close Range. Annie Proulx. Rep. Scribner Paperback Fiction (117,000)
Cryptonomicon. Neal Stephenson. Rep. Perennial (116,330)
*The Hidden Meaning of Dreams. Craig Hamilton-Parker. Rep. Sterling (115,000)
*The Schwarzbein Principle. Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., and Nancy Deville. Orig. HCI (114,042)
The Power of Focus. Jack Canfield. Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt. Orig. HCI (113,487)
#The Merck Manual. Edited by Robert Berkow, M.D. Rep. Pocket
Teen Love Series on Friendship. Kimberly Kirberger. Orig. HCI (112,323)
*Where or When. Anita Shreve. Rep. Harcourt (112,000)
Rulers of the Ring. Robert Picarello. Orig. Berkley (111,759)
The First World War. John Keegan. Rep. Vintage (111,746)
Children Are from Heaven. John Gray. Rep. Quill (111,640)
*The Honk and Holler Opening Soon. Billie Letts. Rep. Warner (110,632)
The Majors. John Feinstein. Rep. Little, Brown (110,025)
*The End of the Affair. Rep. Penguin (110,000)
Who Are You? Malcolm Godwin. Orig. Penguin (110,000)
Dilbert: A Treasury of Sunday Strips. Scott Adams. Orig. Andrews McMeel (110,000)
Think iFruity. Bill Amend. Orig. Andrews McMeel (110,000)
Best American Short Stories 2000. Ed. by E.L. Doctorow. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (109,590)
*Making Faces. Kevyn Aucoin. Rep. Little, Brown (108,990)
All Too Human. George Stephanopoulos. Rep. Little, Brown (107,526)
Shrub. Molly Ivins. Rep. Vintage (106,581)
The Onion's Finest News Reporting. Edited by Scott Dikkers, Robert Siegel and the editors of the Onion. Orig. Three Rivers (105,930)
The Recipe Hall of Fame Dessert Cookbook. Edited by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley. Orig. Quail Ridge (105,796)
Cook Right for Your Type. Dr. Peter D'Adamo. Rep. Berkley (105,543)
Another Country. Mary Pipher. Rep. Riverhead (105,180)
*The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love. Jill Conner Browne. Orig. Three Rivers (103,664)
Chicken Soup for the Little Souls. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen with Lisa McCourt. Orig. HCI (103,422)
Shadow. Bob Woodward. Rep. Touchstone (103,000)
*The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reissue. Houghton Mifflin (101,681)
*Microsoft Age of Empires II. Mark H. Walker. Orig. Microsoft (101,214)
24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success . William J. O'Neil. Orig. McGraw-Hill (100,000)
A Star Called Henry. Roddy Doyle. Rep. Penguin (100,000)
75,000+
*My Dog Skip. Willie Morris. Movie tie-in. Vintage (99,455)
911 Beauty Secrets. Diane Irons. Sourcebooks (98,909)
Boundaries in Dating. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Orig. Zondervan (97,878)
*Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. John Berendt. Rep. Vintage (96,949)
Focus Guide to the Birds of North America. Kenn Kaufman. Orig. Houghton Mifflin (94,600)
*You Can Heal Your Life, Gift Edition. Louise L. Hay. Orig. Hay House (93,945)
*Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reissue. Houghton Mifflin (91,044)
*Strange Fits of Passion. Anita Shreve. Rep. Harcourt (92,000)
Assorted FoxTrot. Bill Amend. Orig. Andrews McMeel (91,000)
Faith of My Fathers. John McCain and Mark Salter. Rep. HarperPerennial (90,376)
**The Cider House Rules. John Irving. Movie tie-in. Ballantine (90,037)
*Roaring 2000s. Harry Dent. Rep. S&S/ Touchstone (90,000)
48 Laws of Power. Joost Elffers. Rep. Penguin (90,000)
Disgrace. J.M. Coetzee. Rep. Penguin (90,000)
*eBay for Dummies. Marsha Collier, Ronald Woermer and Stephanie Becker. Orig. Hungry Minds (89,969)
Garfield Beefs Up. Jim Davis. Orig. Ballantine (87,525)
Evensong. Gail Godwin. Rep. Ballantine (87,514)
The Law of Similars. Chris Bohjalian. Rep. Vintage (87,270)
Teach Yourself Windows ME. Ruth Maran. Orig. Hungry Minds (86,761)
*Teach Yourself HTML Visually. Ruth Maran. Orig. Hungry Minds (86,754)
Maintenance Man. Michael Baisden. Rep. Scribner Paperback Fiction (86,000)
*FrontPage 2000 for Dummies. Asha Dornfest. Orig. Hungry Minds (85,985)
The Green Mile. Stephen King. Tie-in reissue. Plume (83,676)
Local Girls. Alice Hoffman. Rep. Berkley (83,604)
Yoga for Wimps. Miriam Austin. Rep. Sterling (83,000)
Business @ the Speed of Thought. Bill Gates. Rep. Warner (82,609)
In the Kitchen with Heloise. Heloise. Orig. Perigee (82,464)
Roaring 2000s Investor. Harry Dent. Rep. S&S/Touchstone (82,000)
Best American Short Stories of the Century. Edited by John Updike. Rep. Houghton Mifflin (81,000)
Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever. Judy Sheindlin. Rep. Cliff Street (80,831)
*Designing Web Usability. Jakob Nielsen. Orig. New Riders (80,820)
Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About Sex and Character. Pepper Schwartz and Dominic Capello. Orig. Hyperion (80,468)
More Taste Berries for Teens. Bettie B. Youngs and Jennifer Leigh Youngs. Orig. HCI (80,060)
Hitler's Pope. John Cornwell. Rep. Penguin (80,000)
Values of the Game. Bill Bradley. Rep. Broadway (79,007)
Windows ME Millennium Edition Simplified. Ruth Maran. Orig. Hungry Minds (78,622)
*Microsoft Office 20000 9 in 1 for Dummies. Dummies Technology Press. Orig. Hungry Minds (78,331)
Bagombo Snuff Box. Kurt Vonnegut. Rep. Berkley (78,252)
*Access 2000 for Dummies. John Kaufeld. Orig. Hungry Minds (77,323)
Genome. Matt Ridley. Rep. HarperPerennial (77,257)
What's the Number for 911? Leland Gregory. Orig. Andrews McMeel (77,000)
All the Best, George Bush. George Bush. Rep. S&S/Touchstone (76,698)
A Golfer's Life. Arnold Palmer. Rep. Ballantine (76,386)
Lazarus and the Hurricane. Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton. Orig. St. Martin's/Griffin (76,000)
Astrology Through a Psychic's Eyes. Sylvia Browne. Orig. Hay House (75,933)
The Language of Threads. Gail Tsukiyama. Rep. St. Martin's/Griffin (75,000)
Scooter Mania. Willy and Max Schlesinger. Orig. St. Martin's/Griffin (75,000)
*Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay. Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans. Orig. Berrett-Koehler (75,000)
ALMANACS, ATLASES & ANNUALS
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001. Edited by Ken Park. Orig. World Almanac (1,298,657)
Guinness World Records 2000. Mark C. Young. Rep. Bantam (826,000)
*The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Edited by Ken Park. Orig. World Almanac (324,862)
J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2001. Orig. Wiley (250,219)
The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2001. Orig. Wiley (240,605)
The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps, 2000. The U.S. Postal Service. Orig. HarperSource (130,281)
*What Color Is Your Parachute 2000. Richard Nelson Bolles. Orig. Ten Speed (222,000)
The World Almanac for Kids 2001. Edited by Elaine Israel. Orig. World Almanac (141,151)
2001 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. Gerry Brown, Michael Morrison and the editors of Information Please. Orig. Hyperion (112,840)
*200o ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. Gerry Brown, Michael Morrison and the editors of Information Please. Orig. Hyperion (111,566)
What Color Is Your Parachute 2001. Richard Nelson Bolles. Orig. Ten Speed (101,000)
The New York Times Almanac 2001. John W. Wright. Orig. Penguin (95,000)
MASS MARKET
TWO MILLION+
*The Testament. John Grisham. Rep. Dell (4,589,000)
The Brethren. John Grisham. Rep. Dell (3,825,000)
Hannibal. Thomas Harris. Rep. Dell (3,388,000)
#The Green Mile. Stephen King. Rep. Pocket (2,400,000)
Heart of the Sea. Nora Roberts. Orig. Jove (2,094,810)
Tears of the Moon. Nora Roberts. Orig. Jove (2,020,924)
Black Notice. Patricia Cornwell. Rep. Berkley (2,005,289)
ONE MILLION+
Irresistible Forces. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,907,000)
Timeline. Michael Crichton. Rep. Ballantine (1,867,710)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Stephen King. Rep. Pocket (1,800,000)
We'll Meet Again. Mary Higgins Clark. Rep. Pocket (1,800,000)
Pop Goes the Weasel. James Patterson. Rep. Warner (1,789,476)
River's End. Nora Roberts. Rep. Jove (1,734,501)
#False Memory. Dean Koontz. Rep. Bantam (1,700,000)
A Walk to Remember. Nicholas Sparks. Rep. Warner (1,675,951)
#All Through the Night. Mary Higgins Clark. Rep. Pocket (1,600,000)
The Alibi. Sandra Brown. Rep. Warner (1,583,781)
Saving Faith. David Baldacci. Rep. Warner (1,583,769)
Bittersweet. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,513,000)
Personal Injuries. Scott Turow. Rep. Warner (1,509,495)
Certain Prey. John Sandford. Rep. Berkley (1,444,462)
Power Play #4: Bio Strike. Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg. Orig. Berkley (1,443,955)
Granny Dan. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (1,427,000)
Net Force #3: Night Moves. Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Orig. Berkley (1,391,101)
The Lion's Game. Nelson DeMille. Rep. Warner (1,377,077)
Net Force #4: Breaking Point. Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Orig. Berkley (1,371,249)
#Ashes to Ashes. Tami Hoag. Rep. Bantam (1,350,000)
SSN. Tom Clancy. Rep. Berkley (1,341,852)
Op Center VII: Divide and Conquer. Tom Clancy & Steve Pieczenik. Orig. Berkley (1,326,396)
Black Friday. James Patterson. Rep. Warner (1,226,558)
Monster. Jonathan Kellerman. Rep. Ballantine (1,210,975)
#Into the Garden. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (1,200,000)
The Dark Lady. Richard North Patterson. Rep. Ballantine (1,183,297)
#Ransom. Julie Garwood. Rep. Pocket (1,150,000)
#Rain. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (1,150,000)
#High Tide. Jude Deveraux. Rep. Pocket (1,150,000)
Bittersweet Rain. Sandra Brown. Rep. Warner (1,144,117)
#Lightning Strikes. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (1,100,000)
#The Killing Game. Iris Johansen. Rep. Bantam (1,075,000)
Abduction. Robin Cook. Orig. Berkley (1,075,884)
Where You Belong. Barbara Taylor Bradford. Rep. Dell (1,051,000)
**Carnal Innocence. Nora Roberts. Bantam (1,048,000)
The Edge. Catherine Coulter. Rep. Jove (1,038,432)
Tara Road. Maeve Binchy. Rep. Dell (1,026,000)
Irish Hearts. Nora Roberts. Reissue. Silhouette (1,000,000)
Irish Rebel. Nora Roberts. Original. Silhouette Special Edition (1,000,000)
Night Shield. Nora Roberts. Original. Silhouette Intimate Moments (1,000,000)
False Pretenses. Catherine Coulter. Reissue. Signet (1,000,000)
Beyond Eden. Catherine Coulter. Reissue. Signet (1,000,000)
750,000+
The Right Hand of Evil. John Saul. Rep. Ballantine (984,622)
#Jewel. Bret Lott. Rep. Pocket (975,000)
#Serpent. Clive Cussler. Rep. Pocket (950,000)
The Vampire Armand. Anne Rice. Rep. Ballantine (945,193)
#Eye of the Storm. V.C. Andrews. Orig. Pocket (940,000)
In a Class by Itself. Sandra Brown. Rep. Bantam (936,000)
Eclipse Bay. Jayne Ann Krentz. Orig. Jove (893,451)
The Saving Graces. Patricia Gaffney. Rep. HarperCollins (871,922)
A Certain Smile. Judith Michael. Rep. Ballantine (867,762)
#Eye of the Beholder. Jayne Ann Krentz. Orig. Pocket (820,000)
Cuba. Stephen Coonts. Rep. St. Martin's (810,852)
*The Cider House Rules. John Irving. Movie tie-in. Ballantine (808,388)
Soft Focus. Jayne Ann Krentz. Rep. Jove (803,427)
#Dangerous Kiss. Jackie Collins. Rep. Pocket (775,000)
#Death Du Jour. Kathy Reichs. Rep. Pocket
The Guest List. Fern Michaels. Orig. Zebra (762,572)
#Bloodstream. Tess Gerritsen. Rep. Pocket (750,000)
#Devil's Teardrop. Jeffery Deaver. Rep. Pocket (750,000)
#One Wish. Linda Lael Miller. Orig. Pocket (750,000)
#Single & Single. John le Carré. Rep. Pocket
Judgment in Death. J.D. Robb. Rep. Berkley (752,523)
#Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. Robert C. Atkins, M.D. Orig. Avon
