Hardcover fiction

1. “Prey” by Michael Crichton

2. “Four Blind Mice” by James Patterson

3. “Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham

4. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold

5. “Visions of Sugar Plums” by Janet Evanovich

6. “The Christmas Train” by David Baldacci

7. “Reversible Errors” by Scott Turow

8. “Chesapeake Blue” by Nora Roberts

9. “Quentins” by Maeve Binchy

10. “Blackwood Farm” by Anne Rice

11. “Answered Prayers” by Danielle Steel

12. “Esther’s Gift” by Jan Karon

13. “I Don’t Know How She Does It” by Allison Pearson

14. “From a Buick 8” by Stephen King

15. “The Little Friend” by Donna Tartt

Nonfiction/general

1. “Bush at War” by Bob Woodward

2. “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed” by Patricia Cornwell

3. “Leadership” by Rudolph W. Giuliani

4. “Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles” by Marianne Williamson

5. “Journals” by Kurt Cobain

6. “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” by Eckhart Tolle

7. “A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland” by Tom Brokaw

8. “The Sopranos Family Cookbook” by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michele Scicolone

9. “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson

10. “Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy” by Jane Leavy

11. “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?” by Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

12. “My Losing Season” by Pat Conroy

13. “Saturday Night Live” by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller

14. “Guinness World Records 2003” by Guinness Publishing

15. “Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith” by Quecreek Miners, Edited by Jeff Goodell

Mass market paperbacks

1. “Midnight Bayou” by Nora Roberts

2. “Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution” by Robert C. Atkins

3. “One Door Away from Heaven” by Dean Koontz

4. “Jackdaws” by Ken Follett

5. “Table for Two” by Nora Roberts

6. “Into the Night” by Suzanne Brockman

7. “The Millionaires” by Brad Meltzer

8. “Pillars of Creation” by Terry Goodkind

9. “Violets Are Blue” by James Patterson

10. “High Country Bride” by Linda Lael Miller

11. “Pale Horse Coming” by Stephen Hunter

12. “He Sees You When You’re Sleeping” by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark

13. “Tom Clancy’s Power Plays: Cutting Edge” by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg; written by Jerome Preisler

14. “Brazen Virtue” by Nora Roberts

15. “No Place Like Home” by Fern Michaels

Trade paperbacks

1. “Dangerous” by Nora Roberts

2. “Empire Falls” by Richard Russo

3. “World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003” Edited by Ken Park

4. “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett

5. “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by Robert C. Atkins, M.D.

6. “John Adams” by David McCullough

7. “Lucky” by Alice Sebold

8. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki

9. “White Oleander” by Janet Fitch

10. “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” by Dai Sijie, Sijie Dai, and Ina Rilke

11. “Good in Bed” by Jennifer Weiner

12. “Chicken Soup for the Sister’s Soul” by J. Canfield, M.V. Hansen, Patty & Nancy Mitchell and Heather & Katy McNamara

13. “The Corrections” by Jonathan Franzen

14. “Dr. Atkins’ New Carbohydrate Gram Counter” by Robert C. Atkins, M.D.

15. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway