Hardcover fiction

1. “Prey” by Michael Crichton

2. “Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham

3. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold

4. “Four Blind Mice” by James Patterson

5. “The Christmas Train” by David Baldacci

6. “Hornet Flight” by Ken Follett

7. “Esther’s Gift” by Jan Karon

8. “Reversible Errors” by Scott Turow

9. “From a Buick 8” by Stephen King

10. “The Christmas Shoes” by Donna VanLiere

11. “Answered Prayers” by Danielle Steel

12. “Visions of Sugar Plums” by Janet Evanovich

13. “Red Rabbit” by Tom Clancy

14. “Quentins” by Maeve Binchy

15. “The Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

Nonfiction/general

1. “Bush at War” by Bob Woodward

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

3. “Leadership” by Rudolph W. Giuliani

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

5. ” A Long Way from Home: Growing up in the American Heartland” by Tom Brokaw

6. “Journals” by Kurt Cobain

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

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

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

10. “Guinness World Records 2003” by Guinness Publishing

11. “The Conquerors: Michael Beschloss

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

13. “My Losing Season” by Pat Conroy

14. “Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live” by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller

15. “The Perricone Prescription” by Nicholas Perricone

Mass market paperbacks

1. “Jackdaws” by Ken Follett

2. “Midnight Bayou” by Nora Roberts

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

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

5. “Table for Two” by Nora Roberts

6. “Every Breath You Take” by Ann Rule

7. “Brazen Virtue” by Nora Roberts

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

9. “Violets Are Blue” by James Patterson

10. “Angels Everywhere” by Debbie Macomber

11. “Into the Night” by Suzanne Brockman

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

13. “Pale Horse Coming” by Stephen Hunter

14. “The Two Towers” by J.R.R. Tolkien

15. “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

Trade paperbacks

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

2. “John Adams” by David McCullough

3. “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett

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

5. “Empire Falls” by Richard Russo

6. “Dangerous” by Nora Roberts

7. “Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook” by Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good

8. “White Oleander” by Janet Fitch

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

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

11. “The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2003” by Robert B. Thomas

12. “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger

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

14. “Seabiscuit: An American Legend” by Laura Hillenbrand

15. “Good in Bed” by Jennifer Weiner