Best Books of 2003: Top 50 Customers' Favorites

Easily one of the most anticipated books of the year, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth volume in J.K. Rowling's bestselling Harry Potter series, was our No. 1 bestseller of the year. For more great titles, check out our Top 50 Editors' Picks, and see top 10 lists for specific categories in our Best of 2003 Store.


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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
J. K. Rowling
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June 21, 2003
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As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's... Read more

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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
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Doubleday
March 18, 2003
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With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history. A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum ... Read more

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The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss
Arthur Agatston
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Rodale, Inc.
April 25, 2003
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The verdict is in: those simple carbs we've been living on are killing us. For good health, we've got to get our blood sugar under control and stop the incessant cravings. Or so says Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of ... Read more

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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Al Franken
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August 29, 2003
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Having previously dissected the factual inaccuracies of a single bellicose talk show host in ... Read more

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
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September 23, 2003
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Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away ... Read more

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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
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May 6, 2003
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From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources, from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. ... Read more

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Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Simon & Schuster
June 9, 2003
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As with most books written by politicians while in office (or at least aiming for one), ... Read more

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The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
Phil McGraw
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September 9, 2003
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Self-improvement guru Phillip McGraw knows you're looking for "something that melts fat off like sun melts ice," but, he reminds you, "losing weight is not 'quick and easy' and you know it." McGraw, one of Oprah's favorite sidekicks and host of his own te... Read more

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The King of Torts
John Grisham
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Doubleday
February 1, 2003
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Grisham continues to impress with his daring, venturing out of legal thrillers entirely for A Painted House and Skipping Christmas (the re-release of which this past fall was itself a bold move) and, within the genre, working major variations. Here's his m... Read more

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The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
Ron Clark
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April 16, 2003
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The winner of the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year Award presents some revolutionary ideas for the classroom: manners, industriousness and accountability. Many of the 55 rules Clark outlines read, at first, like excerpts from a 1950's primer: "If you are as... Read more

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
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W. W. Norton & Company
May 10, 2003
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Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's ... Read more

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Dude, Where's My Country?
Michael Moore
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October 7, 2003
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The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (... Read more

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Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
Ann Coulter
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Crown Forum
June 24, 2003
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Ann Coulter speaks out in a straightforward, provocative manner consistent with her previous work, SLANDER. She reads her own work without drama; her low-pitched voice and didactic, bullet-like delivery add emphasis to the views she presents. Speaking with... Read more

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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson
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July 1, 2003
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Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What's more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revol... Read more

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Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)
Stephen King
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November 4, 2003
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"Time is a face on the water," stretching and contorting reality as gunslingers Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and their talking pet "billy-bumbler" Oy continue their quest to prevent the destruction of the Dark Tower and, consequently, save all worlds from... Read more

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Atkins for Life: The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent Weight Loss and Good Health
Robert C. Atkins
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St. Martin's Press
January 20, 2003
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It is bread and not butter that is the enemy in Dr. Atkins's popular and controversial low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet. In ... Read more

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The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
Jim Loehr
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Free Press
February 4, 2003
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The authors, founders of and executives at LGE Performance Systems, an executive training program based on athletic coaching programs, offer a program aimed at stressed individuals who want to find more purpose in their work and ways to better handle their... Read more

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30-Minute Meals 2
Rachael Ray
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Lake Isle Press
June 25, 2003
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New collection of recipes, many featured on her popular show on the Food Network, capture the fun of home-cooking... Read more

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Bleachers
John Grisham
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Doubleday
September 9, 2003
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With Bleachers John Grisham departs again from the legal thriller to experiment with a character-driven tale of reunion, broken high school dreams, and missed chances. While the book falls short of the compelling storytelling that has made Grisham a bestselling author, it is nonetheless a diverting novella that succeeds ... Read more

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Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How President Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security
Robert Patterson
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Regnery Publishing, Inc.
March 25, 2003
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Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson was a military aide to President Clinton from May 1996 to May 1998 and one of five individuals entrusted with carrying the "nuclear football"... Read more

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The Teeth of the Tiger
Tom Clancy
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Putnam Adult
August 11, 2003
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While last year's Clancy novel, Red Rabbit, hit #1 first week out, sales reportedly were down from previous books, as were the thumbs of critics, who found the book slow, talky and lacking in action. In an effort to repair the damage as well as to revitali... Read more

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Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
Christopher Paolini
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
August 10, 2004
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Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began ... Read more

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5, Deluxe Edition)
J. K. Rowling
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June 21, 2003
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Book Description--Special Features of the Deluxe Edition This cloth-covered deluxe edition features full-color printed endpapers and a foil-stamped title on the spine, and comes complete with a full-color slipcase with matte lamination and foil-stamping. Best of all, the removable, suitable-for-framing book jacket is emblazoned with exclusive, ... Read more

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Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
Molly Ivins
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September 23, 2003
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She tried to warn us: With the publication of Shrub in early 2000, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins detailed George W. Bush’s privileged rise and disastrous reign as governor of Texas in the mid- to late ‘90s. In Bushwhacked, she looks at his first term as president. The picture ... Read more

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Who's Looking Out for You?
Bill O'Reilly
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September 23, 2003
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As he did in his bestselling books The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone, TV and radio host Bill O'Reilly again blasts a host of selfish and corrupt individuals and institutions for threatening the nation's well-being--no surprise there. What is surprising is the personal tone of Who's Looking ... Read more

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Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels
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May 6, 2003
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Shortly after Elaine Pagels’ two-and-half-year-old son was diagnosed with a rare lung disease, the religion professor found herself drawn to a Christian church again for the first time in many years. In Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas Pagels, best know for her National Book Award-winning The Gnostic ... Read more

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To the Nines (A Stephanie Plum Novel)
Janet Evanovich
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July 15, 2003
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"My same is Stephanie Plum and I was born and raised in the Chambersburg section of Trenton, where the top male activities are scarfing pastries and pork rinds and growing ass hair." Within pages of this elegant introduction to the latest installment in Ev... Read more

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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
Patricia Schultz
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May 22, 2003
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This hefty volume reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are small percentage of what's worth seeing out there. A quick sampling: Venice's Cipriani Hotel; California's Monterey Peninsula; the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon; the Great Wall of China; Ro... Read more

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