Fiction

1 Lord of the Rings Audio CD Boxed Set (CD).J.R.R. Tolkien. Performed by a full cast. BDD Audio. 10 CDs, 13 hours, $69.95 ISBN 0-553-45653-9
2 The Fellowship of the Ring (CD).J.R.R. Tolkien. Read by Rob Inglis. Recorded Books, 16 CDs, 20 hours, $49.99 ISBN 0-7887-8981-3
3 Violets Are Blue (unabr.).James Patterson. Read by Daniel Whitner and Kevin O'Rourke. Time Warner Audiobooks. eight cassettes, 12 hours, $39.98 ISBN 1-5862-1197-8
4 The Hobbit (unabr.).J.R.R. Tolkien. Read by Rob Inglis. Recorded Books. Eight cassettes, 11.5 hours, $34.99 ISBN 0-788-78956-2
5 Last Man Standing (unabr.).David Baldacci. Read by Jason Culp. Time Warner Audiobooks. Fifteen cassettes, 20 hours, $49.98 ISBN 1-5862-1191-9
6 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (unabr.).J.K. Rowling. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, six cassettes, eight hours, $35 ISBN 0-8072-8175-1
7 The Two Towers (unabr.).J.R.R. Tolkien. Read by Robert Inglis. Recorded Books. 14 CDs, 17 hours, $49.99 ISBN 0-7887-8983-X
8 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (unabr.).J.K. Rowling. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, seven cassettes, 12 hours, $35 ISBN 0-8072-8231-6
9 The Sigma Protocol (unabr.).Robert Ludlum. Read by Paul Michael. Audio Renaissance. 12 cassettes, 19 hours, $49.95 ISBN 1-5592-7688-6
10 Poetry Speaks (Book/CD).Edited by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby, narration by Charles Osgood. Sourcebooks Trade. Book and three CDs, three hours, $49.95 ISBN 1-5707-1720-6
11 Skipping Christmas (CD).John Grisham. Read by Dennis Boutsikaris. Random House Audio. Four CDs, four hours, $24.95 ISBN 0-553- 71283-7
12 Flesh and Blood (unabr.)Jonathan Kellerman. Read by John Rubinstein. Random House Audio. Eight cassettes, 10 hours, $39.95 ISBN 0-375-41942-X
13 Desecration: Left Behind #9 (unabr.).Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins. Read by Frank Muller.Recorded Books, Six cassettes, 10 hours, $29.95 ISBN 0-7887-8964-3
14 I Hope You Dance (Book/CD).Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sellers. Rutledge Hill Press, book and one CD, three minutes, $14.99; ISBN 1-5585-3844-5
15 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (unabr.).J.K. Rowling. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, six cassettes, nine hours, $35 ISBN 0-8072-8191-3


Nonfiction

1 Jack: Straight from the Gut (unabr.).Jack Welch with John A. Byrne. Read by Mike Barnicle. Time Warner Audiobooks. 10 cassettes, 14 hours, $39.98 ISBN 1-5862-1174-9
2 Self Matters: Creating Your Life From the Inside Out (abr.)Phillip C. McGraw. Read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio. Four cassettes, six hours, $26 ISBN 0-743-50965-X
3 The No Spin Zone (unabr.).Bill O'Reilly. Read by the author. Random House Audio. Four cassettes, six hours, $25 ISBN 0-553-52836-X
4 John Adams (abr.).David McCullough. Read by Edward Hermann. Simon & Schuster Audio. Four cassettes, six hours, $27 ISBN 0-743-50473-9
5 Theodore Rex (abr.).Edmund Morris. Read by Harry Chase. Random House Audio. Six cassettes, nine hours, $32.95 ISBN 0-7393-0013-X
6 Prayer of Jabez (abr.).Bruce Wilkinson. Read by the author. Multnomah Publishers. One cassette, one hour, $8.99 ISBN 1-576-73842-6
7 Holidays on Ice (abr.).David Sedaris. Read by the author. Time Warner AudioBooks. Two cassettes, three hours, $17 ISBN 1-5704-2567-1
8 The Universe in a Nutshell (unabr.).Stephen Hawking. Read by Simon Prebble. Random House Audio. Four cassettes, six hours, $25.95 ISBN 0-553-52839-4
9 When Character Was King (abr.)Peggy Noonan, read by the author. Random House Audio. Three cassettes, five hours, $25 ISBN 0-553-52884-X
10 Who Moved My Cheese? (unabr.).Spencer Johnson. Read by Tony Roberts. Simon & Schuster Audio. One cassette, 90 minutes, $12 ISBN 0-671-04334-X
11 Dr. Phil Getting Real (unabr.).Phillip C. McGraw. Read by the author. Hay House. Four cassettes, four hours, $23.95 ISBN 1561709328
12 Life Strategies (abr.).Phillip C. McGraw. Read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio. Four cassettes, six hours, $22 ISBN 0-671-04471-0
13 The Greatest Generation (abr.).Tom Brokaw. Read by the author. Random House Audio. Four cassettes, four hours, $25.95 ISBN 0-375-40565-8
14 Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (unabr.).Joseph J. Ellis. Read by Nelson Runger. Recorded Books. 10 cassettes, 13.5 hours, $29.95 ISBN 0-7887-5515-3
15 Pretty Good Joke Tape (unabr.).Garrison Keillor. Read by the author. HighBridge. Two cassettes, 2.5 hours, $17.95 ISBN 1-56511-369-1